Crowpaw lashed his tail as he curled up.He felt as if he couldn't breath."Im sorry Lilypaw,"He murmured, staring at her hole.His eyes welled with tears again.
~Ashstripe gave a respectful dip of her head to Willowstar and went to console a grieving Nettlepaw. She found her apprentice, shivering with raw grief, in their den.~
Nettlepaw was crouched, licking her twisted ankle and heard Ashstripe."We're did Crowpaw go?I saw him go to bury Lilypaw, but that was a while ago."
~Ashstripe gave a dubious and diffident shrug. "He may just want to grieve silently," she whispered and silently handed over some daisy leaf pulp for Nettlepaw's paw. "When Fernspot died, I didn't return to camp for a whole moon. I slept by her grave and refused to eat."~
Nettlepaw dubbed the pulp on her paw,"I don't know what I would do if I lost Rabbitpsw," she meowed.
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Crowpaw curled up again on Lilypaws grave.
~Ashstripe's eyes teared up and then she forced them down before Nettlepaw could see. "I was really close to my mother," she murmured, preparing a bundle of lavender and sage to comfort Crowpaw when he returned. She turned to Nettlepaw and gave her a grateful half-smile. "Thanks for taking all of demanding orders before, Nettlepaw. Your quick actions really eased Lilypaw's pain before she left us." If MY actions had been quicker, Lilypaw could still be HERE!!!~