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Sunfire's golden eyes burned slightly at the words, a bit taken aback by the retort.
Usually when he taunted someone, they would try to pull the Senior Warrior card and tell him to go pick ticks off the leaders.
"Oh, please. Like I would ever want to settle down with some stupid she-cat. All they ever do is whine about how fat they get once they get pregnant or how you don't spend enough time with them. At least Talon knows when to shut his face around me." The ginger cat yawned and stretched out his body, muscles rippling as he extended his front legs to their full length. "He might be the only cat in this clan with a functioning brain. Now, if you have nothing else but to be a hypocrite and try to advise someone's love life when you yourself have no experience in it, would you kindly run back to the nursery? I hear they're missing one of their kits."

Talonspark smiled at the apprentice's enthusiasm and backed out of the den after her. The dark brown tabby glanced around, looking for the yellow and white coat of Sunfrost. "We'll head out as soon as I get another cat with us," he answered, flicking her ear with his tail. "By the way, we're going to be refreshing the LakeClan border and checking for signs of trespassing, so I want to see those senses working." As he spoke, he felt a prick of longing. He found he didn't just want an apprentice to be eligible for deputy status, but it was also a way to pass on your skills, to help a cat along the road to their warrior name. Talonspark mulled over the prospect for a moment longer, then he spotted the familiar tom and his attention returned to the patrol. "Hey, Sunfrost!" He called. "I need you for a patrol along the LakeClan border."

"I'm not a hypocrite.I shut my face when i want to,not when some vain,stupid tom tells me to!"He said, indignantly.He smirked at him."You don't want a mate because you can't get one.Besides,i had a love once.She died."He said,smiling sadly.He shook his head to get the sadness away."Why don't you just leave?If you don't like this clan,then go."He said,not being able to get the sadness away.


BleuPelt watched and looked down sadly,thinking bout FireFur.She smiled at SunFire,though,and walked in their view.She walked to the east,and prayed SunFire wouldn't say something.She didn't exactly want to talk to him when he was in this mood.

Moonpaw nodded and padded out of the den following Talonspark. She stood and waited as he invited Sunfrost to join the patrol, and her whiskers twitched with excitement. She unsheathed and sheathed her claws into the ground as she waited, impatiently. I'll show I'm the best apprentice ever! She thought to herself as she found herself looking towards the entrance of camp.

Sunfrost

With attention turned to the darker furred tom, Sunfrost turned his head to gently meet his eyes. A dumb smile suddenly appeared. "I've been waiting for one!" he replied, tail swaying happily as he got up. He had much energy, almost too much, to end the day with patrolling.

"For your information, I can get whoever I wanted- it's not my fault that they're all too dull to catch my attention." Then he snorted. "And you don't know the first thing about love, kitten. You're barely more than a kit. Come back and try to prove your point when you get some scars and actual words worth my time. As for leaving my clan..." Sunfire's eyes grew noticeably colder. "I once promised to never be weak, and to never abandon my responsibilities. What I like or want is no one else's business and comes second to what I should do. Unlike some cats, I won't be chased off by something as measly as not liking something. If I was truly looking for an escape I wouldn't even bother leaving my clan, anyways," The tom brushed his tail over the bush standing behind him as he said his next words. "What I would do is just swallow some deathberries and be done with it."


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"Why dont you,then?What responsibilities?Most of this clan wants you gone.Why not join another one,kittypet?"FlameFur was getting sadder and sadder,and his eyes showed it.He was tired of fighting."I'll see you later."He lowered his head,missing his love,and he walked to the East with BluePelt.She looked over at him.
"Sorry for your loss."She said,sadly.
FlameFur smiled sadly at her."Thank you."He said,and they continued walking.

Sunfire snorted in amusement at the other's weak come-back, mentally answering his question. My responsibility right now is feeding you worthless maggots, seeing as you can't seem to feed yourselves.
He glanced at Bluepelt.
And maybe in the future, I'll have to teach the younger generation on how not to be stupid.
"Shouldn't you be resting, or did you really come out all this way to lecture me like Mr. Emotional?" His words were dull and lacked the spite he would have normally used. "Coming out here will only re-open your wounds, and I am not going to carry you back for a second time."
Not bothering to wait for a response, the rusted-orange cat turned away and began to smell for any prey that might still be around. He doubted it(Thanks to FlameFur's nosy mouth, he found it likely that there wasn't any prey withing a five mile radius), but it was worth a try.

BluePelt's emotions were changing quickly.She snarled at him."You didn't carry me the last time!"She cried."You think you're special,but you're not!You're just a jerk who doesn't have any friends and takes it out on everybody else!Now Shut up.I don't want to hear your stupid voice again.I thought you were at least a good enough cat that you wouldn't take everythingout on everybody else because you helped me carry Myst,but i guess i was wrong."She said,hating the tom.Sadness was an emotion not to be hurt.She glared at him,with a look in her eyes that showed she wasn't lying,and she turned her attention away from SunFIre.

Talonspark gave a mrrow of laughter as Sunfrost came bounding towards him and Moonpaw. "Glad to hear it, now let's get going. The border won't refresh itself." With that, Talonspark turned towards the camp entrance and flicked his tail as a signal for them to follow. The tabby pushed through the barrier and into the darkening forest, ears twitching at the awakening choir of bugs slowly replacing birdsong. The woods were invitingly calm, but he didn't allow himself to relax. LakeClan had proven to show no mercy, and he had an inexperienced apprentice with him. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if the she-cat were hurt under his command. Senses sharp, Talonspark followed one of the small paths that led the quickest route to the LakeClan border. Amber eyes like a pair of dimly lit fires glanced back every so often, checking to make sure Moonpaw and Sunfire were keeping pace with him. When the undergrowth began to thin out, he knew they were almost there. The moist scent of reeds and other water-side plants became detectable, mixing with the scent of bark and dead leaves. A faint rustling caught his attention then, and he pricked his ears, signaling for the patrol to halt. The sound of three voices became clear, and his fur bristled for a moment before he found he recognized one. Looks like StarClan is determined for me to see you every second of the day, bless my poor soul, he thought with a hint of irritation. Pushing past a few more bushes, Talonspark and his patrol emerged a few feet away from Firefur, BluePelt and Sunfire. Talonspark's eyes flickered from the scarlet tom to the other two cats, a question in his eyes. "What are you two doing out here exactly? Hopefully being useful, we could use some food back at camp." He winced internally, not meaning to single out only Bluepelt and Firefur.

Sunfrost

The younger tom bounded after Talonspark, ears perked and eyes wide open for anything and everything. He was looking around widely for anything to come out. What if those cats were already in their border, trying to single them out and kill them one by one? This thought frightened him, the blonde and white warrior wanting to stick to the group as much as possible. He smelled the cats ahead, them being familiar. This relaxed him a little. What were they doing? He decided to let Talonspark do the talking before he opened his dumb mouth.

Sunfire turned his head to watch her for a few moments, trying to quell the disappointment inside.
So he had been wrong- she really was just another white sheep.
That was okay. He was used to being alone by now.
At least he had finally confirmed that she-cats enjoyed looking at him until he opened his mouth.
Green eyes cut through the shadows, ignoring the she-cat. He found it easier to just stuff all outside noise into the back of his mind. It made hunting so much easier. His tail twitched iratibly when he saw nothing, angered that he would probably have to move again.
Or he could just curl up under the death-berry bush like he had as an apprentice. His younger self had found endless amount of entertainment in worrying his mentor every time he was found lying curled up and still under the red berries.
He twitched an ear.
Talon had not found it nearly as amusing, sadly.
The poor little grey sheep(Or perhaps the Wolf in sheep's clothing) had been quite angered, actually.
He shook his head at the memory before sliding underneath the bush to gather his thoughts, seeing as now he could barely hear anything over his inner mind.
Or maybe he just wanted an excuse for taking a break from hunting.

BluePelt tried forgetting about SunFire.She knew he was weirded out by niceness,but she didn't like the fact she couldn't get through to him.She liked him.As a friend,and more.She didn't want to be left unaccepted.She wanted to be accepted.She started to cry,her tears stainign the ground.She started to head back to camp.She went into the warriors den,and sobbed into her tail.She was curled up in a ball.She fell asleep.Her fur was stained from the tears.


FireFur hated seeing BluePelt so upset.They were practically brother and sister!He followed her into the den,and fell asleep beside her.

Moonpaw quickly followed the warriors out of camp, taking in the smells of their territory outside camp, as she was also looking around at everything very closely, as if a Lakeclan warrior was just gonna jump out and attack her. She silently padded behind Talonspark and Sunfrost until they ran into other cats. She stared at them blankly before practically tripping over her own front paws, and she quickly stood back up, feeling quite embarrassed. Why am I so clumsy? She asked herself, somewhat scolding herself, not noticing two of the cats pad off.

Dogtooth watched the others try to get through to Sunfire. "Like trying to fight with your claws sheathed," she muttered.

Dogtooth was sure that what he needed was a good look at reality. You couldn't force it on him, you had to show him it slowly. She was certain she could convince him to stop his cynicality.