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((Sorry, I haven't had access to a computer for a few days. And I'm sick. Yay. xP))

Sandpelt

The deputy stood in stunned silence, hardly breathing. "This is..." she searched around for a word, "Tragic," she finished, grief flickering in her eyes. "Whiteberry was an honorable warrior and we will have a vigil for her tonight. I'll go and get Brightsky and... Thistlefoot." She looked away from the cooling body of Whiteberry, pointedly not looking at Jackalfur or Jadepool or Berrypaw as she turned and strode, with a forced air of calm about her, out of the medicine den and over to the hallow tree trunk that was the elder's den. She entered, seeing that her mother and Thistlefoot were indeed in here. "Thistlefoot, I have some bad news," she meowed in a subdued whisper. The tom's yellow eyes narrowed. "What is it?" he asked, his voice barely above a hushed growl. "What's happened?"

Thistlefoot

Thistlefoot felt his pelt prickling with panic. There was only one thing left he truly cared about, other than ThunderClan, and as he would have heard before now if his clan was being chased from the territories or something of the like, he knew something must be the matter with his last remaining kit, Whiteberry. A cold claw of dread raked down his chest as he saw the grief and horror in Sandpelt's eyes, the young deputy clearly dreading what she had to tell him. "She's dead, isn't she," he meowed, with hardly any more volume to his voice than if he were whispering to a sleeping kit. "How?" he demanded, in that same quiet tone. "We think she ate a sick squirrel; perhaps the squirrel had eaten something poisonous before it was killed... we aren't sure." The old tom's shoulders sagged, his head bowing and a low, quiet wail of grief rumbled out of his chest. It had been agony when his mate and Rosepaw had died. This? It was unbearable.

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Jadepool

The dark medicine cat followed Sandpelt with thyme, in case Whiteberry's father needed it for shock. Guilt flowed more heavily over her as she watched his expression.

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Sandpelt

Sandpelt let the old tomcat have his moment of expressing his pain, then meowed quietly, "I'm going to go tell Reedstar, now. We're going to sit vigil for her, and I know you'll want to be there." Thistlefoot nodded, head still bowed. Sandpelt stretched forward and touched her nose to his shoulder comfortingly before walking stiffly out of the elder's den. She felt so badly for Thistlefoot— Jadepool, too. She hadn't missed the look of guilt in the medicine cat's eyes; no doubt she thought it was her fault, as she'd been the one to bring the squirrel to Whiteberry. She figured she's speak with the medicine cat later, but for now, she'd talk to Reedstar. She padded to his den, stopping in front of it and mewing a greeting, waiting politely for her leader to invite her in.

[Kess]

((I hope you feel better soon, by the way!))

Reedstar

Reedstar looked up. "Come in, Sandpelt," he meowed. He could almost feel the sadness pulsing off his deputy as she padded into the den. "What's wrong?" he asked curiously.

Jadepool

Jadepool sat in front of Thistlefoot, staring ahead blankly. "I...I'm sorry, Thistlefoot...I...she just...started dying in front of me....I didn't know what to do..." Jadepool looked down at her paws, hoping she wouldn't burst into tears in front of him.

Berrypaw

Berrypaw stared down at Jackalfur in bewilderment. What had happened? It'd all been so fast. She saw the body of Whiteberry laying awkwardly on the ground and padded cautiously forward to touch her nose to it. "Wh...Whiteberry?" she whimpered. "She's dead?" Berrypaw took a deep inhale and let it out slowly, hoping to calm herself.

Jackalfur

Jackalfur's mouth was open in horror as he stared at the cat he'd loved. As he took a closer look, her mouth was full of bright red liquid. Squirrel blood, perhaps. What had that squirrel eaten? Jackalfur flexed his claws angrily. How could StarClan take her from him!

Fluffwhisker

Fluffwhisker heard an anguished yowl from somewhere in the camp and nudged Mistpaw. "What was that?" she gasped. Mistpaw stared at her with her frightened green eyes.

Mistpaw

Mistpaw stood up and walked out of the den. "What's going on?" she called, running to the medicine den. She gasped in shock when she saw Whiteberry laying on the ground, with blood trickling from her mouth. "Whiteberry!" she gasped.

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Sandpelt

Sandpelt entered the leader's den, dipping her head respectfully as she sat down and, out of habit, curled her tail neatly around her paws. "Whiteberry's dead," she meowed, grief clawing her heart. She'd mentored Whiteberry as an apprentice; they'd been close. "We aren't sure what killed her, but it was what we think to be a sick squirrel."

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Reedstar

the leader's eyes widened and his mouth dropped. "A sick squirrel? Could Jadepool not save her?" He stood up and shook himself in shock. "How can this be?"

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Sandpelt

"I don't know," she meowed, voice, like her eyes, sad. "It was a freak accident. Jadepool blames herself, though I don't see how it could be her fault." I mean, she thought, Jadepool didn't deliberately search for a sick squirrel that wold kill the young she-cat, obviously. So no, it isn't her fault. And she'd point out as much when she went to speak with the young medicine cat.

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((xD I just choked on my smoothie reading that post. ))

Jadepool walked out of the elder's den, thinking. Tonight she must go to the Moonpool and speak with Whiteberry. She must tell her she was sorry.

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((LOL. I'm sorry that you choked but that's funny. xD))

Sandpelt

"I'll go speak with Jadepool now," she meowed, dipping her head and backing out of the den. She turned around and padded across the camp, heading for the medicine den. It looked as if the news was spreading. Echoheart was speaking with Hailfur, who was barely containing his sadness; she could see it in the set of his broad, blue-gray tabby shoulders that he was holding in a yowl of grief. Whiteberry had been his mentor, and as the apprentice-mentor pairings go, the cats get attached.