Laying at the Edge of Camp

[Duskstar]

"I dont know, but it looks HUGE" Seapaw meowed and narrowed her eyes at the ship "It looks like half of it is still in the water" She turned to her mentor "And has no scent of coons. Rogues. Loners or anyother clan" She meowed.

Hawkscar's ears flicked at the sight of a rabbit sitting in the shadows of the forest. He crouched low to the ground and crept up on the rabbit, using every skill he was tought to hunt. When he was close enough to the prey, Hawkscar leapt at it with unseathed claws. Giving the rabbit no chance of alarming the rest of the animals, he bit into it's back until the creature went limp. Hawkscar dropped the prey at his paws and padded deeper into the woods, not turning back to see who would follow.

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Celestialstripe's eyesnarrowed in confusion."Don't get too close,then."she meowed, stepping backwards slightly."Not until we know what it is.There may be a reason that no one's been around here."she murmered.She glanced back to check on Hawkscar,just in time to see his tail dissappearing into the forest of willow trees."Come on.No cat should be alone in these parts right now."she told Seapaw,before slinking quietly after her brother.

[Duskstar]

Seapaw nodded slightly and bounded off towards Hawkscar, she paused when she got the the edge of the forest and quietly slipped into the shadows of the trees. Following the warrior for a few fox-lengths before turning back to her mentor "What if we run into a ratcoon?" She asked

Hawkscar turned absently to Seapaw "IF we run into a ratcoon or a Bloodclanner. Im bringing thier bodies back as fresh-kill" He growled and turned to the woods ahead of him. He unseathed his claws again and crept forward towards a rushing sound.

[[Bell,Book,and C[a]ndle]]

Celestialstripe nodded firmly."As long as they don't attack in mobs,like last time."she muttered negitavely,referring to the time,when the Clans had first entered the lands,when a band of the raccoons attacked and killed a WindClan cat.She shook her head and padded on,her ears also pricking hopefully at the sound"Is it...water?"she mewed.

[Duskstar]

Seapaw paused in her tracks "It sounds like the....A waterfall" She suggested. She narrowed her eyes at a spot where the trees seemed to giveway to a clearing and fell into step behind Hawkscar

Hawkscar cast a slight glare in the apprentice's direction, still refusing to accept this terra as a home. He sped up his pace as well, unwilling to talk to his sister or the apprentice about it anymore. He paused at the edge of the clearing, his eyes following the waterfall to the top and then back down again.

[[Bell,Book,and C[a]ndle]]

Celestialstripe gasped softly at the view.The waterfall was beautiful,and even larger than the older one.A damp mist was filling the clearing because of the running water,however,and Celestialstripe had to squint her silvery eyes to see."It reminds me of..."she began to comment,then cut herself short.She had been about to say "Home." But she didn't want to provoke her brother's feelings any more,so she fell silent.Instead,she padded forward fearlessly,feeling at once accustomed to the water,and stopped at the water's edge.Within moments,Celestialstripe had dissappeared into the depths of the thickening mist and falling water.

[Duskstar]

Hawkscar grinned as a thought filled his head "Hey! There's a smaller waterfall over here!" He called to Celestialstripe and then turned to Seapaw "I dare you to jump off that one!" He meowed, showing again no trace of the bitterness that he had shown earlier

Seapaw narrowed her eyes slight "Jump off a waterfall?" She meowed "Have....you lost your mind and replaced it with a mouse?" She meowed teasingly "I'll jump off if YOU do it!"

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Celestialstripe emerged at this and paddled to the edge,where she climbed back upon the shore and over to her two companions,pleased to see that Hawkscar was relaxing a bit.She smiled as she overheard the two's arguement,and glanced at the smaller waterfall.Without a word,she slipped away,and dissappeared behind the small cliff.A moment later,she scrambled to it's top."You mean,like this?"she laughed, before leaping into the waters below.

[Duskstar]

Hawkscar narrowed his eyes playfully "Fine!" He growled and raced over towards the waterfall....only to be splashed by the water Celestailstripe crashed into. "Your going down for that!" He meowed to her before racing up the cliff edge and diving into the waters below and landing beside his sister

Seapaw watched the two go over the waterfall in confusion, but after thinking about it.....it was a good thing to go for a swim about now. She padded up the slope towards the waterfall and leapt into the waters below

[[Bell,Book,and C[a]ndle]]

Celestialstripe laughed and narrowed hereyes playfully as she was splashed by Hawkscar landing.She shoved water his way with her paw."Bring it on!"she challenged.But suddenly,a momentary look of puzzlement crossed her face,and then shock.And with that,Celetialstripe was yanked into the water,and for a moment,her tortoiseshell paws were visible,paddling desperately,and then she dissappeared completely,and the small waves the comotion had caused lay still.

[Duskstar]

Hawkscar raised a paw to block the water that came his way, but what happed after that confused the warrior. He narrowed his eyes at the water where his sister disappeared "I swear if this is a joke" He growled and ducked under the water to see what had taked Celestailstripe under the water's surface.

[[Bell,Book,and C[a]ndle]]

A furious looking gray creature was under-water treading before Hawkscar,it's eyes narrowed.A raccoon.Sly hated this.These animals had the nerve to waltz in and take over.But now they were invadinghis HOME?He would not have it.Thus the reason A lmp Celestialstripe was clamped in his jaws.But at the arrival of another cat,which he had anticipated, the raccoon snarled and kicked,propelling himself backwards with surprising speed and leaping out of the water,dragging Celestialstripe with him.He braced himself,ready for Hawkscar to try and follow.

[Duskstar]

((O.o Oh THIS will be good))

As soon as the ratcoon broke the surface of the water....Seapaw unseathed her claws and leapt at its back. The usually calm and loving she-cat turned into a hissing and clawing fury as she dug her claws into the coon's back

Hawkscar bit back a gasp of surprise as he seen the ratcoon and kicked off the shallow lake bed after the ratcoon with narrowed eyes. Whatever or WHOever he was....he was going to pay. Instead of following the ratcoon stright up, he swam behind it and plunged at his flank while Seapaw attacked it from behind.

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((Lol eh!))

Sly snarled and dropped Celestialstripe, flipping and writhing in fury as Seapaw attacked.He stumbled backwards as Hawkscar rammed into him, but managed to crash Seapaw into a tree.He eyed the cats angrily.Sly knew he was outnumbered,two-to-one.But it wasn't important if he lost this fight,for there would be many more to come.What was important was that one less intruder existed in these parts,and he was responsible for it.He growled a warning at the other two, and turned to the tree behind him,expertly scuttling up it's bark and into the canopy.

[Duskstar]

Seapaw let out a gasp for breath before falling to the soft dirt underneath the tree. She glanced up warily at the fight between Hawkscar and the ratcoon, laying hopelessly on the ground for a few more seconds before leaping to her paws and at the ratcoon's tail as it climbed up into the trees.

Hawkscar snarled in fury at the ratcoon as it retreated into the tree, and bared his fangs at it again once it was in the tree. Instead of following it, he bounded over to Celestailstripe's limp form laying in the shadows of the forest "I swear I see that ratcoon again.....I'll skin it alive!" He yowled and glanced down at his sister's body looking for any sign of life.