[Starfall]

Originally Posted by Empress Of Evil

Her mind was a mess. Ever since the battle had ended, her thoughts and mind had been all over the place. Auroraflame hadn't been eating enough, she had had hardly a wink of sleep, and she was traumatised. Each day, the horror struck her again and again that she had killed a cat. So maybe she could've been the one killed instead and she was simply defending herself, but she had killed a cat. All she had wanted to do was to hurt her enough until her opponent got the message. The deputy had told herself over and over to stop dwelling on the past and move on. The clan needed her. If she was going to continue acting the way that she was, SkyClan would become disorganised and 'out of order'. But it was much harder than one might think. Auroraflame now seemed to be punishing herself for her action, even if it had been an accident. She should have never gone for the shoulders, then Boreas wouldn't have moved and at the last second get pierced in the throat instead of the shoulders. How many lives had she now ruined? The ebony feline felt as though the weight of the world was resting on her shoulders, she needed help, but seeing dead and injured felines wasn't helping, especially when some were her own clan mates.

Earlier, the deputy had seen her former mentor being carried into the medicine cat den. Concern had overcome her and she had decided to check up on Rainpebble. "Rainpebble?" she whispered, her voice trembling. So many emotions were running through her head, playing with her thoughts. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw her former mentor. StarClan please don't do this to me, Auroraflame pleaded, tears forming in her eyes. Whilst the she-cat might be about 40 or so moons younger than her mentor, Rainpebble was still one of her closest friends. She had taught her everything that the deputy knew to this day. Auroraflame couldn't help but feel as though she hadn't yet made her mentor proud enough yet. She felt as though she still hadn't proved herself to her mentor. Rainpebble wasn't just a mentor to her, she was a close friend, and basically a second mother. She had always treated her with respect and to see her in such a state made her upset and angry. Who would dare do such a thing?

She didn't have to be a medicine cat for Auroraflame to see that her former mentor probably didn't have much longer to live. She choked back the sobs and cries as tears welled up in her orbs, threatening to spill. She had to hope. That was one important thing that Rainpebble had taught her. You must look forward and keep on hoping. "Please, there must be something you can do! Tell me there is!" Auroraflame begged, turning her attention to Ebonypaw. The deputy wouldn't blame the medicine cat couldn't save her, but she would be thankful if she tried. Tears were now running down her cheek as she stared back at her former mentor. "Don't go. I still have yet to make you proud. Stay. Tell me who did this to you. I'll find them and avenge you! Just don't leave me," Auroraflame said, not bothering to hold back her tears anymore. Her ears flattened against her head as she stared at the wounded she-cat, her eyes sad as she sniffles every now and again. Surely Rainpebble wouldn't leave just yet? She may be old but she still had lots more moons to live. Auroraflame had heard the cats live up to about 120 moons before dying of old age. Or even before. Rainpebble was only about 70 moons or so. The ebony she-cat felt as if though her world was falling apart. First, she murdered someone, and second, her mentor was dying. Please don't tell me that there's anything else, the deputy thought closing her eyes for a brief moment. She gazed at her mentor, the tears slowing down but still present.

Please don't leave me.

Originally Posted by Brooklyn Trees

The younger feline's eyes widened as she saw the bleeding form being placed on the ground before her, and for a moment she simply watched the frail form, not even sure what to do.
She had so many wounds.
It was not until the deputy had asked for something, some reassurance that this she-cat may survive, that Ebonyfrost found herself forming an actual assesment of it.

Quickly, Ebonyfrost gathered cobwebs, much more than she might have needed, and tore a lump from it, beginning to press it tenderly against the torn skin.
But the gashes were large and the bleeding didn't stop.
She laid the soaked one by her side and tore another piece from the clump, sticky strands catching to her paws as she pressed them to one of the larger wounds.
Press.
Wait.
Discard.
Tear.
Rewind.
Repeat.
There was not much more than this that she could do if bleeding continued.

(Sorry, it's a bit short, but I really don't know what to have her do...)

[That's okay, that was the plan wasn't it? No need to apologize /v\ ]

The silver, black spotted molly lifted her head slowly at the sound of her former apprentices voice, a smile formed on her maw. Just the cat she was looking for, just the molly she was hoping to speak too, just deputy she deputy she was wishing to say goodbye to. She knew she wasn't going to make it through these wounds, she could already feel her body becoming more and more numb, she couldn't feel any pain although she knew that she should considering the fact that she had a gaping hole in her side. The elder shot her former apprentice a smile before it was quickly replaced with a grimace as the Medicine cat put pressure on her wound. There's the pain, now most would hate the feeling, but to the dying elder, it meant that she'd be in this world just a little longer, and that's all she asked Starclan for at the moment. Multiple things were running through her mind at the moment, words she always wanted to tell the deputy, praises she wanted to drown her in, words of sorrow and of guilt. She was leaving her only apprentice behind, her only pride and joy in this world, Rainpebble wasn't going to be able to guide her through any hardships anymore, unable to tell Auroraflame her tales back in her younger moons.

Rainpebble let out a ragged breath and closed her eyes, trying to control her breathing to make her sound better than she actually was. "Auroraflame....I thought I taught you not to live your life with revenge and hatred leading the way." she wheezed, although she was dying she wasn't going to stop teaching, stop helping, stop believing. She knew she only had a little while left to tell her former apprentice.....the molly she thought of as a daughter, just what she thought of her, just how much the elder was actually proud of her, how much she loved her. The silver molly shifted her weight and let out a pained grunt, she might as well make it easier to see her former apprentice in her last moments, she could tell by Ebonyfrost's movements that she wasn't going to make it. "Thank you....Ebonyfrost....you don't have to continue, I know I won't last much longer." she told the medicine cat, her silver orbs flickered with honesty, she didn't want to dry out the medicine cats recourses, they needed to be used on other's that had a chance at living. The elder's vision was becoming blurred but she could see the pooling blood clearly, it caked her pelt and stained her paws, although she wasn't sure how much of it was hers, and what was Singe's. She took a deep breath before she continued, her blurry focus now upon the deputy's figure "You've made me the proudest cat in all clans....the proudest cat in the...world." she stated "You walked into my life as a story....and now you're leaving as a legend...I'm so proud of you." she took a deep breath and gave the ebony warrior a soft smile "I'll always be watching over you, I'll always be right beside you, I'll always love you.....I'll love you forever and always." she chuckled, which was replaced with a cough, but instead of spit, it was blood, a sign that she only had a few seconds left.

Rainpebble shakily lifted her paw and rubbed Auroraflame's cheek, catching a tear drop before the limb landed heavily back upon the den floor. "Goodbye.....Auroraflame." she purred before the little ounce of life flickered out of the elders eyes and her maw lay slack, her breathing ceased. She was dead, lifeless, limp, and free from the world's wars, the worlds pain, and the world's chains.