1x1 Kess and Gohtye.

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((Added, at the bottom before the map.))

Thorntooth

The tom nodded, then went to sit by the camp entrance. A few moments later, his brother and sister joined him, along with Vinetail. They sat side by side, pelts brushing slightly, as they watched the cats of the camp go about their business.

Sandpelt

Sandpelt dipped her head, and padded over to Fallownose, asking him to hunt, and then over to Fallenbranch. "I'd like you to go on patrol with Harefoot and Mistpaw, please."

Harefoot

Harefoot glanced at his apprentice, eyes sad. "Whiteberry now hunts with StarClan," he said gently, quietly. "She ate a sick squirrel and... she died."

Fallownose

Fallownose was just about to leave camp when he heard something that made his blood turn to ice: "Fallownose! Jadepool! Berrypaw! Thrushkit isn't breathing!" Before he could even give the command to his feet, his paws had carried him to the nursery. He burst through the entrance, streaking over to his mate. "What's wrong with him? Why isn't he breathing? Jadepool! Berrypaw!" he yowled.

Thistlefoot

Thistlefoot stared blankly ahead, his eyes empty. When he felt something touch his cheek, the old tom jumped a little. "I'm sorry," murmured Brightsky, her eyes full of sadness and sympathy. "I am so very sorry for the loss of Whiteberry." A flash of something like dread flashed through his denmate's eyes and he knew she was wondering how she would feel if she outlived one of her kits. "It was her time," he said simply. His usual deep, gravely mew was hollow now, empty.

[Kess]

Brightsky

The old she-cat sighed. "She was so young," she mewed. "So beautiful. She didn't deserve to die at all, Thistlefoot..."

Jadepool

Jadepool thrashed her tail at Berrypaw. "go find out what that ruckus is!" She growled. "If it's serious, come back and get me."

Berrypaw

The black she-cat nodded and barreled off to the nursery. "Fluffwhisker, what's wrong?" The queen sobbed something incoherently. "What's WRONG!?"

Fluffwhisker

"My kit! Thrushkit isn't breathing!" Fluffwhisker cried. Berrypaw picked up the baby cat and licked him roughly. "Don't die, don't die!" Fluffwhisker heard her muttering under her breath. "Stay with me little kit!" Fluffwhisker watched anxiously as Berrypaw massaged the kit's chest, hoping to get it to breathe...

Fallenbranch

Fallenbranch nodded to the deputy. She twitched her ears as the medicine apprentice and Fallownose raced into the nursery, while Fluffwhisker yowled about her kit not breathing.

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Thistlefoot

Thistlefoot shook his head. "No," he meowed quietly, "she didn't. But, if it is StarClan's will, then it will happen. I will miss her... so much." His head ducked down, tail curling around his paws as grief squeezed his heart.

Fallownose

Fallownose paced back and forth, his tail lashing so hard he took a few leaves off the nursery walls when his tail swiped them. "Anything?" he choked when he passed Berrypaw.

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Berrypaw

Berrypaw bit her lip, not wanting to deliver the news to the new father. "He's...he's dead."

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Fallownose

Fallownose's grief overwhelmed him. He squeezed his eyes shut as his legs all but buckled as he sat down heavily next to Fluffwhisker. He buried his nose in his mate's fluffy cheek fur, murmuring, "I'm so sorry."

[Kess]

Fluffwhisker didn't reply. Instead she buried her nose in her kit's fur and whimpered.

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Fallownose

Fallownose looked miserably at Berrypaw. "I'd like to bury him myself," he said, staying close to Fluffwhisker.

[Kess]

Berrypaw nodded. "I completely understand," she meowed quietly. "I'll notify the elders and Jadepool."

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Fallownose

He dipped his head once, more of a spastic jerk than anything as he picked up his motionless kit. Thrushkit was still curled up in the small ball he'd been in when he'd fallen asleep, and the sight had Fallownose's legs trembling like they were threatening to give out. He forced himself to beat down any emotion as he carried his kit across the camp and a few tree-lengths outside the camp behind the medicine den, where they usually buried their Clanmates. Without setting the sandy-colored bundle down, he dug a hole, perfectly round and half a tail-length deep. Fallownose placed Thrushkit in the hole, being extremely gentle as if his kit were still alive. His legs started to tremble again as he began nosing the dirt back into the hole, but once again distanced himself from the emotions, not stopping until there was a small, smooth mound sticking slightly up over where his kit now lay. He stared at it for what could have been heartbeats, but it felt like seasons passing. Silently, he turned around and padded back into the camp.

[Kess]

=( Poor kitteh! I almost cried reading that)

Berrypaw

The little apprentice padded sadly back to Jadepool's den. As she entered, Jadepool looked up and mumbled, "What happened?" Berrypaw looked somberly into her mentor's eyes. "Thrushkit died." Jadepool's eyes flashed with anger. "What? What? WHAT?!" she hissed. "Not another.." her green eyes were wild and she rushed through the den, upsetting the plants and squishing the berries. She slithered through the stores like a snake, muttering to herself about deaths and her fault..."It's not your fault, Jadepool!" she gasped. "It's no one's fault. Thrushkit was very young and weak." Jadepool took no notice of the apprentice's mewling.

Jadepool

Jadepool felt her blood freeze. Another cat, dead! All because she couldn't save them...or wouldn't save them? Jadepool barreled through the den, looking for...something. What? She would know when she saw it, right?