Muhahaha [private, me and Wildy]

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon supported Dawntear towards the camp. They were almost there, only about a dozen trees separated them from the camp entrance. Falcontalon knew he needed to hurry. One of the deepest wounds Cloudstorm had made on his mate had become infected and might be fatal to Dawntear if he doesn't get her to a medicine cat soon, but he also knew that if he slipped or went too fast Dawntear might be in an even more terrible state than she was in now. "It's all right, we're almost there," he whispered soothingly to Dawntear. He knew Dawntear was greatly weakened by her wound and so carried most of her weight. Falcontalon licked her mate's ear affectionately and, ignoring the urge to sit down and rest, summoned all his remaining strength and began to cross slowly th short space of forest dividing them and the camp that, had he been full of strength and without sick Dawntear he could have crossed in four leaps in an instant.

ooc: I know this is in the camp section, but the place this thread takes place in is almost the camp. Oh, and by the way this is not powerplaying as we already agreed that I would start the thread llike this. Sorry about the title. I just felt like it.

[Wildshadow]

Dawntear leaned heavily upon her mate. Her breath came in little gasps, and she barely had the strength to put one paw in front of the other. She was having a terrible fever, and she was shivering uncontrolably. Suddenly, she stumbled and fell, howling in pain as her wounds began to hurt more than before. She lay there on the ground, eyes closed and legs twitching.

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon saw Dawntear fell and it was as if he was falling too, falling in a dark pit of horror. "Dawntear, are you OK?" he asked, leaning towards her and covering her face with licks. "Speak to me, move, do anything!" Seeing that his mate's legs were twitching, he gasped in relief, then once more a wave of terror broke over him when he saw how Dawntear was shivering and the beads of sweat on her pelt. He touched her face with his tale and was terrified to feel that she had a very high fever. "Dawntear, come on," he said, crouching beside his mate. "It's not a long way now, look, I can see the camp from here. You'll be all right. I promise..." He knew that he should run to the camp and raise the alarm, but the thought of leaving his mate sprawled on the ground was unbelievable. He was so scared for her he couldn't think properly.

[Wildshadow]

Dawntear's spasm past as quickly as it had come. Her legs stopped twitching and her tongue lulled out limply. Her whole body suddenly went limp. She was breathing shallow and fast.

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon breathed a sigh of relief. "Dawntear, can you here me? Let's go back to camp. Here, I'll help you get up." he tried to prod Dawntear to her feet with a gentle paw. "Lean on me. We're almost there..."

[Wildshadow]

Dawntear remained motionless. She felt Falcontalon prod her and say something to her, but it was very faint. She was slipping into unconsciousness once again.

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon did not know whether Dawntear had heard him or not. However, she gave no sign that she had, so Falcontalon lowered himself onto the ground beside his mate and whispered, "Can you hear me, Dawntear? Please say something. You'll be all right!" He looked desperately around. StarClan, help! he thought wildly.

[Wildshadow]

Dawntear grunted in reply, just seconds before she slipped into unconsciousness. Blood started to whooze from her wound again. With every drop she was losing what little blood she had in her body that was keeping her alive.

[Mouseshadow]

"Oh no!" Falcontalon gasped as Dawntear's wound started bleeding again. "She mustn't lose anymore blood!" he began licking the wound but knew he was probably too late. "StarClan, if you hear me, DON'T LET DAWNTEAR DIE!" he yelled at the sky.

[Wildshadow]

However, Dawntear was, indeed, dying. The wound was so big now that there couldn't be anything Falcontalon can do to stop the bleeding. And it was getting a little infection.

[Mouseshadow]

Falcontalon stopped licking the wound. He knew it was no use. Watching his dying mate helplessly was the worst experience of his life. Every time he saw Dawntear take a shallow, ragged breath his heart leapt slightly, then plummeted when Dawntears side remained still for some seconds.

[Wildshadow]

Dawntear let out her last, shallow breath. Her body went still... and will never move, ever, again.

ooc - This is soooooooooo sad. *cries uncontrolably*

[Mouseshadow]

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" (hehehe) Falcontalon screamed. He swayed on the spot, fell down and stared at Dawntear. The sight of her limp body maddened Falcontalon. His eyes rolled up into his head. "I'll join you, Dawntear!" he cried in a crazed voice. He stood up and staggered toward a small bush. He could barely see, hear, or smell, but found what he was looking for. A little red berry... He was crazy. He wasn't thinking straight. He swallowed the death berry and went back to Dawntear. "I will join you, whatever it takes." he croaked. The death berry's effect was almost immediate. Falcontalon could not breath. Gasping for breath, eyes bulging, he was blind and deaf. Falcontalon fell in a on Dawntear's body and moved no more.

ooc - Poor Falcontalon and Dawntear. Anyway, THE END

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ooc - Sorry to interrupt and I know it says private, but why? *wails* Why did you kill them?

[Wildshadow]

ooc - It can't be a complete happy ending. Some cats must die because of the flood and the rogues, Mousey and I figured. XD

A cat appeared out of the bushes. She had stars whirling around her paws. She smelled of ShoreClan. She padded lightly over to Dawntear and Falcontalon's bodies. She shook Dawntear gently, and Dawntear's spirit opened her eyes, and lifted out of her body. The StarClan warrior shook Falcontalon too. "What are you doing?" Dawntear asked the StarClan cat in horror, "how could he be dead?" "He killed himself to be with you," the StarClan warrior replied calmly.