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An Accident
Topic Started: Apr 23 2012, 03:51 PM (598 Views)
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"Well she isn't now," Mintwhisker meowed as she darted after the medicine cat. One she had reached the den she circled her sister's nest where the other gray and white she-cat lay quite still with a wad of leaves laying next to her jaws. "I think she might have tried to swallow them but started coughing and choked," Mintwhisker meowed softly.
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"Looks that way," Ivywing meowed softly. "Take her to the middle of camp. I'll be there in a moment."

Nettlepool's ears twitched slightly before glancing over at Speckleheart in time to see her sink into her nest. "Speckleheart?" he asked worriedly.
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Mintwhisker nodded and grabbed her sister's scruff and dragged her body out into camp only to be greeted with a wail from Windfeather and a yowl of surprise from Thymestep.
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Parsleyfur poked her head out of the warriors' den when she heard her mother's shriek. "What's happening?" she asked. Her ears drooped when she saw Mintwhisker dragging Tansyleaf's body to the center of camp. "Oh no," she mewed softly.
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Ivywing followed after Mintwhisker a few moments latter with her ears flat against her head. "Well I'm off to a great start," she muttered to herself.
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Mintwhisker's ears twitched slightly as Windfeather began smoothing down some of Tansyleaf's fur.
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Parsleyfur, who had gone to sit beside Windfeather, caught Ivywing's remark and looked up at her sympathetically. "I'm sorry you're having such a rough day," she started. "But I know that you did everything you could for Tansyleaf. Dappledleaf too, when she was alive. I just wanted to make sure you knew that it's not your fault she's dead."
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Ivywing gave Parsleyfur a weak smile. "I know but it sure feels that way right now," she meowed softly.
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"It's nobody's fault," Windfeather meowed. "It was just her time to join StarClan is all."
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Parsleyfur nodded before settling down with her muzzle pressed against Tansyleaf's pelt.

"I'm okay," Speckleheart breathed a while after Nettlepool said her name. A moment later she flinched as a sharp pain flashed through her abdomen. "Ow!" she yelped, curling up a little tighter. "Get Ivywing," she gasped, trying to calm the unever fluttering of her heart in her chest. "I think the kits might be coming."
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Nettlepool nodded and darted out of the nursery. "Ivywing! Speckleheart's kits are coming," he meowed as he raced over to his sister. The light gray she-cat stared at her brother before nodding and racing to her den to grab some herbs and the stick she had found for this very moment. She raced back to the nursery with Nettlepool on her paws. "Here," Ivywing meowed as she pushed the stick forward. "Bite on that when the pain comes again." She then turned to her dark gray brother. "I'm going to guess that you're going to insist on staying?" "You know me better than I do sometimes," was the reply. "Very well, stand there and lick her forehead to keep her cool." Nettlepool nodded and took his spot before giving his mate's head a couple of licks.
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Speckleheart snatched up the stick and bit down on it hard when another wave of pain washed over her, sending long splintered cracks through it. "Everything hurts," she complained. She couldn't manage to catch her breath passed the tightness in her chest and she was already feeling weak from the fever even though she had just started kitting.
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"I want you to try and swallow these," Ivywing meowed as she pushed the bundle of herbs she had brought with her to the queen's muzzle. "It'll be all over soon," she soothed when she noticed Nettlepool's look of worry. "Now the next time you feel a wave of pain I want you to push."
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Speckleheart licked up the herbs and was able to lie still for a moment before she felt more pain. She let out a shriek, momentarily distracted before she remembered to push. It was so painful... she couldn't understand why any queen would decide to have more than one litter if the pain was this bad.

It went on like that for what felt like forever to Speckleheart. And as the sun was beginning to set, the spotted queen lay stretched in her nest beside her four newborn kits, her breathing rapid and shallow. She could feel her heart beating too hard. She could feel the irregularity of it, sometimes beating what had to be too fast and then slowing down for a few beats before speeding up again. "I'm sorry," she mewed softly. She struggled to lift her head and press her nose against Nettlepool. "Take care of our kits, okay?" Her head fell back to the ground and she seemed to just fall asleep a moment before her breathing stopped.
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Ivywing watched with horror as Speckleheart's breathing slowed. She could see Nettlepool's blue eyes widen as he also watched the spotted queen grow still. "No," Nettlepool whispered at first as he began nudging Speckleheart. "You can't leave! Our kits need you! I need you." Ivywing sighed softly as she nudged the kits towards the dead queen. "The kits are healthy at least," she meowed softly before turning to leave the den to let her brother grieve in peace for a little while anyway.
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