A suspicious journey

[Snakepaw]

Sapphirestar narrowed her eyes a little more and stared at the guilty she-cat. Her tail lashed at her sides The leader's gaze was so intense that it seemed that it would scorch the medicine cat's fur. But after a few heartbeats which felt like much more, her eyes softened a bit.
"Explain yourself" she mewed in a neutral tone, sitting down and curling her tail over her paws.

[>))*~.:Crystalstar:.~*((<]

^{Speckledfeather stammered a bit, sweating under her fur. "I..It was an accident! I didn't mean for it to happen. It was just..." She trailed off, tears forming in her eyes. "I know I broke the code, but I can't do anything about it." she mewed sadly.}

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[Snakepaw]

Sapphirestar shook her head disapprovingly from side to side, but a smile played at the corner of her lips (way of speech: cats don't have lips). "What is done is done, and there is no going back. You will have to bear the burden" she mewed.
And you can help her, whispered a voice at the back of her mind.
"And I can help you" said Sapphirestar.

[~.:Speckledfeather:.~]

^{Speckledfeather blinked in surprise. A leader from another Clan, helping the Medicine Cat of WindClan bear her kits? "But... why?" she mewed, confusion in her green eyes. By now, the small cat was exhausted, so she sat down on the ground. Thousands of questions ran through her mind, all beginning with Why? And How? And What?}

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[Snakepaw]

Sapphirestar took a quick look around before turning back to the medicine cat. Her eyes were soft and compatissant.
"Let's say I know more than I tell about most things" she answered in a low, soft voice.
The golden lion had disappeared as mysteriously as he had appeared.
Sapphirestar smiled.

[~.:Speckledfeather:.~]

^{Speckledfeather, although doubtfully, nodded her head, and slowly began to cry, emotion making her body like a battlefield. After a while of sitting there, the silver WindClan medicine cat spoke. "What will StarClan think of me? I broke their code!" Shoulders hunched over, sobs racked her body. The unborn kits inside of her stirred with discomfort - even in their fetal state, they knew their mother was upset, and didn't like the feel of sorrow, like any cat.}

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[Snakepaw]

Sapphirestar comfortingly passed her tail across the silver medicine cat's flank. Her eyes were soft and her voice gentle as she spoke. "If you repent, and do as StarClan will instruct, you may be pardoned" she paused, thinking. "Now, we have to think of a plan for when their time comes. And for your courage, I offer you my friendship"

[~.:Speckledfeather:.~]

^{"You do not know how much this means to me." Speckledfeather mewed, green eyes empathetic, and grateful. "For what value it may have, I offer you my friendship." She continued, laying her tail down. She nodded, and began to think. "I must tell Flamestar first. As... my leader, he needs to know." Speckledfeather's heart nearly stopped, her body frozen. Would the leader catch her near fumble?}

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[Sapphirestar]

Sapphriestar smiled. "Don't worry, I already know. Do you think I haven't caught those lingering gazes between you at the Gatherings?" the flame-colored she-cat got up; the sky was darkening...
"We have better go, a Gathering is called tonight... she paced to the edge of the ring of grass before turning towards her new friend. "Whenever there is a problem, just whisper my name before going to sleep. Somehow, I will know..." the leader trailed off, thinking of the link that seemed to exist between the minds of every cat she befriended and hers. Maybe StarClan wanted it to be that way, but it was... peculiar.
"We better not arrive together, or the cats will have suspicions... See you at the Gathering"
The flame-colored she-cat bounded away towards her Camp.

TO:: probably to the camp to assemble all and then to the Gathering... or else directly to the gathering

[~.:Speckledfeather:.~]

<sup>After lying in the grass for a few minutes after watching the leader leave, Speckledfeather sighed. What have I gotten myself into? Secret lies, new alliances... how will this affect my Clan? Unable to worry any more, the tired medicine cat aimed her paws for the Gathering and step by step, tried to reach the island.

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