Myrtle'paw leapt forward his gaze bright with confidence. He stepped out of the Wind'clan apprentice den, a taller tom following quickly behind him, his face pulled into a large laugh. He looked at his bi-eye colored friend and frowned. "Myrtle'paw are you sure we should be doing this?" Myrtle'paws friend called. Myrtle'paw looked back at him. "Shh!! Your gonna wake our mentors up!" He turned away from his friend his voice still low. "Of course we should do this Micky'paw! We need to know our entire territory don't we?" His friend sighed. "What about the coyotes?" Myrtle'paw looked at him an amused tilt in his chin. "You think a coyote will hurt us? They know that this is our territory!" He laughed. His friend smiled again and hurried after Myrtle'paw as he pawed out of camp. "Alright! Then lets go to the cliffs!" He called. Myrtle'paw smiled. "Now we're talking!" He called behind him. He ran over the warm sandy dunes in the early sun light. He looked back at Micky'paw as he followed. Myrtle'paw licked his dry lips and pressed his flank against his buddy, slowing his pace. "Almost there!" He laughed. He gazed at his friend his head lifted at his taller height. Micky'paw looked down at him his gaze narrowed against the sandy wind. "Beat you to it!" Micky'paw raced ahead and Myrtle'paw looked up sharply in surprise. He smiled a challenge lighting his gaze and fled forward quickly. He was slow for a Wind'clan warrior. He followed very slowly behind his friend but Micky'paw didn't notice. He kept pushing forward though, until his friend disappeared from view with a screech. "Myrtle'paw!!!" He screamed. Myrtle'paw raced forward with new speed his fear heightening. He reached the edge of the cliff just as his friends paw slipped and he fell. Myrtle'paw cried out tears gushing down his face as he raced down the cliff side. He spotted his friends body again and raced to him grabbing his fur in his paws and pulling him to himself. "Your okay... Your okay..." He said holding his friends cold body. "Don't leave me!!!" He screamed. Tears ran down his face and he sobbed violently. "Please!! MICKY'PAW!!!!" He leaned into his friend as wet tears streamed down his face. His chest closed and he gasped for air grabbing at his chest. He panted heavily as his eyes widened and his breath slowed. After a while he could breath again. He looked at his friends dead body and watched as the wind flew through his fur and ears. Silent tears streamed down his face as he realized the thin trail of blood was coming out of his friends mouth. Dry and cold. He fell beside his friends body and fell into a nightmare filled sleep. Story by Myrtle'melody belongs to Micky'paw was never a real character- if another oc has his name that is not mine. Art featured in this project is by
