It's Too Late (Open)

[Lionhearted]

Lilykit coughed and struggled, hobbling as fast as she could on her tiny paws to the medicine cat den. "Spottedsky... Maplepaw..." she squeaked out. The greencough was like a fire, burning her lungs; she could barely breathe, and her vision was beginning to blur. "Help," she managed out, before collapsing. Her small body was wracked with coughs, and shaking from the fear of getting worse. "I don't know what's going on with me... am I dying?"

[Asher]

Eaglekit was trotting over to the elders den to hopefully get a good story. I hope none of the elders get sick, thought Eaglekit. Then, he heard the coughing. Whipping around, he saw Lilykit, struggling on the ground. "Lilykit!" he cried. Eaglekit raced over to her racking body.

"You can't die Lilykit!" he wailed, "Spottedsky!" "Maplepaw!" "HELP!"

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Owlkit was on his way to the medicine den. He was still in denial that he was really sick, but his mother had been concerned and made him go. Coughs made his entire body shake and tremble as he padded towards the den.

Then he saw a little she-kit- Lilykit- struggling towards the den. He knew she had been sick, but now she looked ten times worse. His own denmate.

He dragged his sick little body as fast as he could over to Lilykit and tried to support her with his rather muscular shoulders.

"Come on Lilykit, we'll both get to the medicine den and everything will be okay, come on, girlie, don't give up," he mewed, his voice weak and rough.

[Otterpotter]

Runningthorn turned to look at two kits hobbling to the medicine den. She walk over to the two "How about I give you a ride to the medicine den?" She asked softly and she flicked her tail. The tall warrior was surprised that she hadn't gotten sick so far even though a lot of the clan was already in the crowded den. The she-cat was quite concerned about the kittens that were getting sick, it would be terrible if they couldn't fight the sickness.

[Lionhearted]

Lilykit blinked blearily at the two tom-kits, there to support her. She gave them a weak smile and flicked both of them playfully with her tail. "Don't worry," she said in a raspy purr, "I'm... going... to be... fine. I think..." she coughed. She had been lying with her belly up, and flipped over onto a crouch, gazing up at the both of them.

Her life had been so short, but it flashed before her eyes. Her birth. Her times with her friends. Her times with her family. Her times with her other Clanmates. It was all she had while she lived. Her precious moments.

A she-warrior was walking over to them. "How about I give you a ride to the medicine den?" she asked them. Lilykit shook her head and coughed. Laying her head on her paws, she gazed at Runningthorn, whose tall form cast a shadow over her, her head blocking the sunlight, illuminating her, like a StarClan cat here to save her.

"It's okay, I can see them now," she said, for a small group of cats had appeared in the camp.

And there they were. She looked under Runningthorn's legs to see Kestrelpelt peering back, her father's kin, smiling. He had a couple of other StarClan cats with him, and they all looked at her with warmth. Kestrelpelt approached her, and she looked up at him in wonder.

The silver tom dipped his head respectfully to the she-warrior, and then grinned at the two toms beside her. "Your friends," he murmured, "are great cats. You will both make excellent warriors. As you are already," he said, turning briefly to Runningthorn. "Greetings, all of you. We are here to pick up Lilykit. It's your time now, young'un. It'll be quick..."

A sudden dizziness overcame Lilykit, and she laid her head on her paws, understanding what was happening. "Good-bye, Eaglekit. Good-bye, Owlkit. I'll be waiting for you. You'll... be... warriors...then! Take me on an adventure... good-bye, Runningthorn. You're nice," she manged to squeak out, taking a huge, suffocating breath. Kestrelpelt was looking down upon her with something like pain in his expression.

"Just relax..." he said in a whisper. Lilykit closed her eyes. It was like going into an endless sleep...

She had died.

Kestrelpelt closed his eyes, and touched her head with his nose. "Wake up," he said softly. And Lilykit's spirit rose from her body, a misty, starry apparition of her former body. She gave each cat a last smile, and turned to pad along in Kestrelpelt's wake.

OOC: Almost cried D: I guess this thread ends here ^^

[Otterpotter]

OOC- I wanna post one more thing with Running

The warrior quickly curled around Lilykit. "No its not fair... Its not fair! A kitten can't die.." She mummbled she looked at the other tow kits and nodded her head towards the medicine den. She herself stood up and headed toward the nursery to tell the queens the news.

[Deleted]

OOC: I guess one more post with Owlkit. Poor Lilykit! This is gonna scar my baby- he won't forget her, I guarantee it.

Owlkit looked up to see a starry warrior approach Lilykit. He spoke so calmly and gently that Owlkit knew that he was here to cure the little she-kit lying next to him. She would be cured and everything would be okay, and he would make it through his cough and everything was going to go back to normal and he would flirt with her like he did with all the she-cats and... And... Then she was gone.

"No, no no no!" the little tom mewed in despair. "Come on Lilykit, wake up, wake up!" he mewed desperately. He hadn't even really known her, but seeing her die like that was more than he could bear. He collapsed next to her- this wasn't fair. It wasn't fair! StarClan shouldn't take the life of a kit, it wasn't fair! A cough shook the kit's tiny body- the worst one yet.

At last he allowed himself to believe that the she-kit was gone. He slowly climbed to his paws and crawled towards the medicine den. He looked over his shoulder one last time.

"Goodbye, Lilykit. I'll see you again someday," he mewed. Then he entered the medicine den and lay down in a nest and closed his eyes.

[Asher]

Eaglekit followed Owlkit to the medicine den. Even if I'm not sick... I still want to help out in here. He turned to Owlkit. "Is there anything I can to to help you Owlki-" Eaglekit was interrupted by a bout of coughing. It took him a second to realize where the cough had come from. No... I can't be sick too!