The water is thin, but blood is thicker - Seer Meeting 3/10

Lightningpaw purred back. He had particularly liked the story, and he always enjoyed the time he spent with his mentor. "I'm coming, you old fool!" he replied playfully. As he over to sit beside Shellthroat, he glanced behind to see if any of the other seers were on their ways. "Do you think we should wait for the others?" His pelt was burning under the hot sun, and with no shade anywhere he didn't want to wait too long, but he didn't want to seem rude either.

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Lightningpaw glanced around at the gathered cats, noticing that neither Rooknose nor Dipperfur had brought their apprentices, and that Rooknose looked rather upset.
"Your apprentices aren't here?" he asked the two mollies. He knew the drought was hitting all the Clans hard, and he wondered if their apprentices were need back at camp. Or, worse... Lightningpaw couldn't bring himself to finish the thought.

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Shellthroat pricked his ears forward. "Ah! Rooknose good to see you." he boasted, but his voiced cracked with irritation. And irritation that had come from not eating, and certainly not getting enough water. There was a low purr in his throat however. It sounded like the growling of a drowning animal, or a badger's soft barking to her kits.

He pricked his ears at Rooknose. He'd known the other seer a long time now and thought himself quite skilled at communicating with her. Shellthroat followed Rooknose's gaze and looked down at his own chest, lifting one of his paws up to get a better look as if he couldn't tell what Rooknose was looking at. "Hmm, wa-?" He faked, as if looking for a burr or moss ball his friend was inquiring about on his pelt. 
Setting his paws back down he croaked a grateful 'mrrow' and blinked slowly at the Windclan seer, grateful for his compassion. "Ah! Apprentices these days! I swear Mistpaw purposely gets me the smallest fish in the batch! You pull a thorn out to0 hard one time and they treat you like a one legged badger." He nudged Lightingpaw as if his clan-mate would know just what he was talking about. It was clearly an over exaggeration trying to make light of a very serious situation. He blinked again at Rooknose to assure him she was fine....or fine enough to make jokes.
Shellthroat had always put Riverclan first, but took the bond he shared with the other seers very intimately. He learned a long time ago that if you couldn't learn from others, you'll always be a fool.

Shellthroat then turned to Dipperfur, who had approached and spoken with Lightenpaw already. He waved his tail in greeting before politely interjecting. "OH pity! I thought you were saying last time that Bluepaw...or maybe it was Silverpaw." He looked up for a moment as if he were thinking it over carefully, then rubbed a paw across his face as if washing away the irrelevant thought. "Maybe they were showing promise.... Ah don't worry about it Dipperfur." He took the same paw and took a slow fake swipe at the Shadowclan seer. "You'll find some cat. That or Starclan will send you one." He rested his paw back on the ground.

There was a small pause, Shellthroat had a small cough that quickly became a small hacking session as if he had a fur ball. After a moment of coughing he panted. Feeling too tired to facade how tired and weary his really was. The veil wasn't pulled away for long, as he cleared his throat and sat up after a moment or two. "Well....Shall we get out of this sun while we wait for Thunderclan? I swear it's Horoa himself burning down on me for dragging my paws."

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Lightningpaw's eyes went wide upon hearing of Smokepaw's collapse. That was surely a sign from StarClan! What it meant, he didn't know, but he prayed for Smokepaw's health.
Lightningpaw wasted no time following Rooknose into the tunnel. His thick fur did him no favors in this heat. Once in the cool darkness of the tunnel, he turned around called to Shellthroat, "I don't think ThunderClan will be coming. The kit who would've been Hazelleaf's apprentice - I don't think she's old enough to travel all the way here by herself." He considered asking if they should go see how she's doing, but Shellthroat was having enough trouble getting to Mothermouth, and he didn't want to overexert his mentor.



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Gettting to his feet shakily, he brushed past Lightingpaw's pelt, as if comforting the apprentice but more likly he was comforting himself. And strode past Rooknose touching his tail to the other seer's gently instructing them to follow.
Shellthroat confidently padded into the mothers mouth, a little more sure footed the closer he got.loveymymavi,rks,ariento,

Lightningpaw passed Shellthroat and joined Dipperfur beside the Moonstone. He touched his nose to it and, already exhausted from hunger, dehydration, and the climb up the Mothermouth, quickly fell asleep.

Lightningpaw was standing at what had once been the riverbank across from Sunningrocks, now bone-dry. The night sky was completely clear, the stars and Suriin's eye shining brightly down.
Thirsty, he padded down to what was left of the river, so he could have a drink. But as he got closer, the stench of carrion filled the air. When he got down to the water, he saw the source. Hazelleaf - well, what was left of her - lying in the middle of the stream.
A chorus of wails rose up from ThunderClan's territory. Was it sorrow? Fear? Lightningpaw couldn't tell.

The RiverClan apprentice jumped up, startled by his dream.

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