New day.

[Yoko]

Eclipsepaw stirred first. As always, her dreams were dark and chaotic. She remembered nothing of it, but she felt anguish. It must have been something about Acornsquash. Something she was blocking out. She felt her throat tighten with anger. How long would he control her life? She should be over this by now! Honeypaw seemed over it...

Her clouded blue eyes swiveled in the darkness to see the honey fur of her sister. She had come in when Eclipsepaw had already drfted off apparently. Looking at her, Eclipsepaw did not feel the anger that she thought she would. Instead she felt a sort of peace. This is all too confusing for one apprentice...

She sighed and it became a yawn. She despised Dawn Patrol! She gave Honeypaw a gentle nudge on the shoulder and mumured. "Get up. Get up! We have Dawn Patrol."

She looked over Honeypaw and mewed to Emberpaw, "You too. Wake up, our mentors are probably waiting."

[. s p o r e l e t t ♪]

Emberpaw roused quickly, as was her custom, and blinked rapidly to clear the sleep from her dark blue eyes. "I'm awake," she muttered, and got to her paws so she could arch her back in a vigorous stretch. It seemed only moments ago that she had curled up in her nest, but no matter how tired she was, it wasn't going to stop her from getting up and going on patrol. She could always sleep later; the Clan had to come first. It didn't stop her from grumbling about the early hour, though. "It's barely light enough to see," she said under her breath, glancing out at the gloom in the clearing. "Are you sure they're even up yet?" But she knew they were. The three brothers were notoriously early risers; they would already be waiting, and probably had been doing so for a while. With a resigned sigh, Emberpaw slipped out of the apprentices' den and into the dim grey of the clearing.

[hedgie]

Eclipsepaw's supposedly quiet mews awoke Flintpaw, who had been sleepins as peacefully as he could. The young gray and white tom yawned and stretched all four of his thin limbs and clambered out of his nest. Another day of training thrilled his heart for a second before he remembered the fact that he'd never get anything done that he wanted to, not with all eyes on him.

He slowly padded out of the den and into the dawn, the pale light dancing across his pelt as the sun continued to rise above the horizon. He grabbed a scrawny mouse off of the pile and then sighed, eating it. His bony tail twitched unconciously as he ate. along with his large ears. The start of a cough rumbled in his chest, and he hoped that he'd be able to fight it off so he could train today.

He sat up from his quick meal, and swiftly buried the remains, his little pink tounge cleaning away the bits of mouse stuck to his whiskers, then proceeded to clean the rest of his thin body. no matter what anyone thought of him, he'd proove them wrong. It was evident in his expression that shone with his most admirable quality: determination. It could also be described as stubborness, persistance, and in the minds of some cats, foolishness.

[Yoko]

Eclipsepaw watched Emberpaw slip out of the den. She wanted to get a move on too, but she had to wake Honeypaw up. She pressed her ebony paws on Honeypaw's shoulder and nudged harder. Why was she such a heavy sleeper? Was she having better dreams...?

A rustling distracted Eclipsepaw for a moment. She turned to see Flintpaw stretching. She gave a frustrated huff. She had awakened the wrong cat apparently. He left too. Eclipsepaw finally gave up on being gentle and shoved Honeypaw a little off her nest.

She snickered, "Wakey, wakey, sis."

[Amber]

Honeypaw usually was up quite early, always had been. She was one of those who never seemed to want to waste precious time sleeping, but she just couldn't open her eyes. She didn't want to. She was dreaming of Canyonkit. They were kits and playing in the nursery, before his demise. He was saying something to her, and as she leaned in to hear better, she felt a cool and chilling wind around her shoulder. Acornsquash had entered the nursery and was staring at her with his piercing green eyes. The apprentice shivered in fear as she watched him approach, praying to StarClan he didn't notice her. This scene looked so familiar to her, she couldn't remember why. Was this the last time the she-cat had actually been truely happy?

She had heard the murmers of Eclipsepaw, but had chosen to ignore them for now, she thought it was merely part of the dream, when they were kits. It was just like any day in the nursery, playing with Canyonkit and having an older sibling visit. She turned her back for a split second to see where her sisters were and next thing she knew Acornsquash was hovering over her.

It was just at that moment her light blue eyes snapped open and felt herself being pushed from her nest. She let out a yowl of distress, not realizing where she was. It took Honeypaw several moments to regain her normal calm composure and she gasped for breath. When she saw it was only her sister she let a sigh of relief escape. "Sorry." she murmered looking down. She could feel her body still trembling with fear as she slowly made her way toward the exit of the den. She glanced to Heronpaw's nest for a brief second and then turned to Eclipsepaw. "Dawn patrol, right?" she queried.

[Yoko]

Eclipsepaw grinned, partially out of wanting Honeypaw to know she didn't do it to her. Last night was terrible, but she would get over it, after getting even with Heronpaw. But there was noo way she could hold a grudge on her sister, a far kinder cat than she.
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"Exactly, Honeypaw, Dawn Patrol! Let's go."

She turned and bounded out of the den.