Confined in camp

Icepaw stretched, waking up from under his little bush he had slept in the night before, afraid that his friends hadn't forgiven him yet. Now he knew Stormpaw hadn't because he had a weird dream, and he was there. Stormpaw definately was NOT happy either. Icepaw was also very suspicious of Greypaw and Frogpaw. Maybe Frogpaw didn't notice, but he saw what he did last night just before they all faded into the real world. There was surely something going on, and eventually, he would find out.

Getting to his paws, Icepaw groomed himself before walking over to the apprentice den. Peeking in to see if anyone was awake, he padded back out. Over at the shady spot he used to play at in the bushes as a kit with shiningkit, he lay down with his head on his paws, and let out a sigh. Bored as he could possibly be, Icepaw rolled onto his back and just looked up at the clouds...having nothing to do.

"Hey, Icepaw," Stormpaw meowed as he padded up to the tom, his shoulder's hutches. "I want to speak with you..."

Icepaw perked his ears. "Okay," He said calmly, even though he knew what was coming.

Stormpaw deep a deep breath, glancing at his paws. "After the dream...well, I've been thinking," he meowed, his icy blue eyes cold as they always was. "I want to say that I am sorry, and that if Frogpaw have forgiven you, I guess I can to."

Icepaw shook his head. "Thanks Stormpaw, but I really should have controlled myself. I didn't mind that you were mad at me, because I knew I deserved it. I should be saying I'm sorry..." He mewed quietly.

Stormpaw frowned, fixing his cold glare on Icepaw. "We all do things we aren't proud of. Trust me, I know. Sometimes what we do can really effect who we are and what people think of us, and who we will become...They can even change what we think of other people."

"Hello, boys." Ravenpaw softly said, padding up to stand beside them. Her gaze rested on Icepaw. "How are you doing?"

Icepaw nodded in greeting to Ravenpaw. "Fine, thanks. Stormpaw says he forgives me for the attack..." He mewed gently, glancing at Stormpaw with a tiny nod.

Stormpaw nodded, letting out a yawn. "Yup! It makes me think of a time when I broke a minor rule, and trust me...I paid for it..."

Icepaw perked his ears. "Oh really? What did you do?" He asked curiously.

Stormpaw sat down, letting out sigh. "I stuck out of camp one time, I was only a kit, about three or four moons old, following my father as he hunted, as I always wanted to watch him..." he began, sadness creeping into his icy cold eyes. "I-I was hiding in a bush when a badger attacked my father, scaring the rabbit he was hunting. I didn't really see what happened after that because the rabbit ran into me and knocked me down into the rabbit hole," he sighed, still not proud that he had been knocked into a hole by a rabbit. "By the time I got out, the battle was over, the badger looming over my father. I called for my father, a very bad mistake and the badger noticed me. I remember it growling at me as it loomed over me, ready to kill me..." his voice cracked, tears forming in his eyes as he remembered that day, wishing he could of saved Nightmask.

Icepaw flattened his ears. "Say no more," He murmured in understanding. "Your father saved you, didn't he?" He dipped his head respectively to his friend.

Stormpaw nodded, but sighed. "I still want to tell the rest of it...I never got to what happen to my father, even thought almost every cat here knows it..." he meowed, before taking a deep breath. "The badger had it's paw raised, ready to kill me when it suddenly cried out. My father was latched onto it's back and he was able to kill it with a killing bite, but it fell on top of him...I tried to pull him free, but I was a kit, and he knew he was going to die. He raised his paw to my torn ear and told me that if I needed power to be respected, and that I need...and that I needed to be respected to be love. He showed me a side of him I never saw before...A soft side. Right after he said that...he died...I remember running to the camp, wanting one thing, that it was a dream. I was able to sneak back into camp without anybody noticing I was gone, and moments later a warrior came and told everybody the news...I paid for sneaking out of camp by seeing my dad die, but he did show that he cared about me by saving me."

Ravenpaw was silent, her green eyes filled with sorrow. "Oh stormpaw.." she finally whispered. she didn't know what she could do or say that would make him feel better.

Stormpaw glanced at Ravenpaw, sighing when he noticed the sorrow in her eyes. "I'm fine, Ravenpaw. Everything happens for a reason."