She can get away with her silence in times like this sometimes it's easier to let the warriors do the talking, she can hear the under-current of danger in every syllable she hears Lynxtooth hiss or in the steely blues of Juniperfrost's eyes as they lay in weight for the guillotine to drop. She waits for Icepaw's words and when they do come she only looks back to her for a moment to catch the sight of dried blood hidden beneath the other apprentices silken fur and she's reminded of her anger earlier, it's easy to manifest spark reigniting it no matter how much the embers had been smashed by the revelations of today; the death of Sunsetbreeze and the imprisonment of their medicine cat she doesn't know things won't end there but nothing would get worse.❝Those foxhearted bastards! Hurtin' you for just a single shred of catmint, if it were up to me i'd go stompin' right back in there and destroy that entire den❞ she growls, Icepaw should'a stuck this one out at camp like the rest of the soft-paws but she'd went and fought and Firepaw can respect that, she bled like the rest of them even if she didn't like the sight of it. She asks about her something she doesn't expect and she wonder why she cares? Was she gonna make fun of her over the fact she had any marks at all, well she should just see the other apprentices! ❝I'm fine!❞ she responds voice terse ❝I've gotten worse wounds from trainin'❞ she declares and if it weren't for the seeping wound on her side still trickling with every breath she takes then it wouldn't be so much of a lie.
Her attention is snatched away before she can tell Icepaw of the ones she fought, Sootstar's words ring in her ears, they would lose more cats today but could she say they were as much of a loss as Sunsetbreeze or even Dandelionwish. She turns on her heel to watch stepping one paw step out to get closer, Yewberry a sniveling kit of a warrior was no longer one of them he'd be exiled - chased out of the moors and into the unknown likely deaths clutches. His bravery had been more akin to stupidity and his apology hadn't been enough for Sootstar, she doesn't have any gripes after all one less useless mouth to feed the better. Least she and the other apprentices might get the fill he lost out on. He's told to run or face persecution by the claws of Lynxtooth and Juniperfrost and her own claws unsheathe and she wonders idly if he was faster then the hares she often missed. A strong part of her wants to find out, a stronger part of her knows it'd be a good way to show her devotion her unflinching loyalty. Windclan wasn't one to show such mercy to their traitors and they'd had so many, they'd continue having them. Sootstar's eyes lay on Galeforce now his fate laid out bare in front of him. He's not a useless warrior like Yewberry, he'd fought for Windclan and lost more then any of them did on this day was he really gonna lose his home as well? Her own eyes curiously fall on him as well she takes another step tail lashing, looking ready to pounce into action.
He chooses his fate, his own pride over the clan who raised him and part of her can't believe it. No matter what she could never leave windclan and spit in the face of Sootstar, was the mousebrain even thinking at all? It doesn't feel right, he shouldn't just be exiled like Yewberry but he had every chance to shut up he could've made it up to Sootstar. He asked for this, he was getting what was coming to him! It wasn't that hard to be loyal, Sunsetbreeze was loyal until the very end he died for them, no for Galeforce didn't he? Did that sacrifice mean nothing? She's about to run up to join her claws with those of her seniors, to run with them to be the loyal Windclanner she was raised to be and these two... rogues didn't have the guts to be. Before she can her ear twitches and she can hear Rainpaw's own dissent and she feels her heart in her throat, this mousebrain was she even watching what was unflding could she not hold her tongue? At least with Lynxtooth and the others so close by, she whips around to snap a hushed warning her way. ❝Shut up Rainpaw, learn to bite your tongue unless ya wanna be called a traitor. It's Sootstar's orders, they aren't windclanners they're no better then a bunch of scared hares❞ it's unsure if she says it more to her or to herself. She shakes her head ❝Whatever do me a favor, just get Icepaw and smokepaw to Dandelionwish dun' let em tell you later! I'll be back!❞ she tells her before she goes running from their sides closer to the large paws of Juniperfrost. She feels so small compared to him even now when she was almost ready to become a warrior she felt so miniscule to his might but that didn't matter, she didn't get to prove herself in the way she wanted to during the battle but she can prove herself here and now. No one would argue her loyalty. Her heart races in her chest but it's better then having her mind race, the less she hought the better she could pretend to be like her brothers. She can hardly feel the throbbing pain at her side anymore. Everything slowly fading out as she stares towards Yewberry and Galeforce as she would any other prey ripe for the chase.
She hears more yowls going against Sootstar and the warriors who came to defend her - against her even standing right here ready to nip at the heels of the exiles. Shame on you all she can hear Sedgerunner declare, her ears pin back. In a way she's right but it doesn't matter right now, it wasn't them disrespecting Sunsetbreeze's memory and will right? Galeforce made his decision to say what he said, Yewberry too this had nothing to do with honoring the fallen warrior she'd pay her respects after the 'enemies' were driven out. She yowls her words ❝Galeforce shit on his sacrifice! He chose to betray Sootstar all on his own, he wants to kill her, she's our leader! He doesn't deserve to just leave peacefully, he deserves to bleed for his words!❞ it's the right thing to say isn't it? her slit of a gaze tries to find the she-cat but she's already crouched by the body where she can't see her behind the legs and bodies of their clanmates. Would he come back if they didn't catch him and leave him with a lasting warning? SHe doubts it but if they just let him and Yewberry walk free would they remain bitter and fearless without the edge of the Humility they're all taught as apprentices to weather their tempers? Galeforce threatened Sootstar would he try to uphold those words? She hopes to never see them again it'd be easier that way. Their lead warrior speaks against it but Badgermoon's words don't cut in to lend their assistance, Sootstar had already given them the pass already to do as they pleased she didn't have to listen. But she also doesn't snap at him like she does for Sedgerunner.
Lynxtooth lunges first, followed by Juniperfrost, and Weaselclaw she wouldn't wait much longer before she too leaps ahead into the fast as run she can muster teeth gritting with pain as the wounds on her side stretch with the force of her movements but it's easy to ignore if she just tunnel visions the objective. If she just focuses on the forms of Lynxtooth and Weaselclaw in front of her. She's younger then them, not as strong but all the same she's there regardless of any orders or the words and disagreements of her peers. She does her best to catch up, to at least keep up with the pack. If not be biting at the heels of Yewberry and Galeforce.
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PLACE ME IN MY CASKET TONIGHT ; BECAUSE IM ALREADY DYING INSIDE )
