Normally Abnormal

[Sun-x-Set]

Thunk! Water surged up around Graypaws ears. A pitifull mewling reached her drenched ears. She realized it was herself. The normally tranquil current was stranger today, due to the heavy showers of the last days. Sh felt her fluffy tail ladden with water and begin to drag her down like a lead weight under the sleet-colored rapids. The gray she-cat gasped and pulled for air to quiet her screaming and burrning lungs, instead she gulped on wassive mouthful of the icy water. She couhed and sputtered out what she hadn't swallowed. A wild and un-tameable panic rose up in her throat Graypaw! don't breathe! screamed Linion within the chambers of her mind. Already her voice seemed distant. The world in front of her rew dark and the scents and sounds bean to slip away. "No" graypaw manaed to grunt before the world spun away into oblivion

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Zepherpaw walked up to the brook. It seemed to be moving a lot faster than normal. His ears perked up as he heard a sound. He listened for a while before he was able to tell what it was: a cry for help. He looked upstream to see an apprentice hurtling down towards him. He leaned his head over, trying to grab onto her. He got a hold just before the current pulled him in as well. The water surged around him as he tried to propell himself towards shore.

[Sun-x-Set]

just as she was preparing herself to meet StarClan, the world came twirling and prancing back to her. a cat was holding onto her. A burst of relif flooded through her, only to be pulled back by the realization that her savior was being pulled by the current as well. hope flared once again painfully in her chest. A thick branch was hanging over the bank and right before them! She mewed quickly with a tear wrenching joy. she took what breath she could and trusted the cat she was attatched to to hold on. She threw up both her paws with her last thread of strength. An insane hilarity gripped her as she thought of the entire situation. Falling in at presisley the deepest point of the brook and pulling another cat in with her. graypaws claws sank into the wood of the branch. without thinking she hauled herself up onto the dry, grassy, sun dappled bank. She flopped on her gray side and chocked down as much air as she could. after a couple heartbeats, she looked up to see eif her would-be savior was on the bank with her.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Zepherpaw hung on as the she-cat grabbed onto the branch and lugged herself up. As soon as he was close enough to the shore, he dug his claws in and pulled himself up after her. He panted for a while, then asked, "Are...you...okay?"

[Sun-x-Set]

Graypaw laughed breathlesly. "well, what do you define as 'okay'?" she mewed, taking on the sardonic tone that was well known of her mother. She looked the tom who had tried to save her. "Zepherpaw?" she mewed, half to herself. A warm wind ruffled her quickly drying fur. She shivered in spite of it. Her icey eyes flickred. "Thanks... I don't know where I'd be if you hadn't kept my head above the water..." she finished akwardly. Graypaw, Graypaw?! Are you okay?! [i/] a small smiled appeared on her face, brightening her features.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Zepherpaw regained his old attitude. "Well, it would have been easier if you hadn't fallen in in the first place!" He tried to scowl, but it ended up closer to a smile.

[Sun-x-Set]

Graypaw took on look at the strange look on Zepherpaws face and burst into gales helpless laughter. grass bean to stick to her damp pelt as she continusly rolled on the ground. Once the hilarity had somewhat left her, she managed to look him in the eye, still smirking. "Well, gee. Thank you for pointing out the painfully obvious!" The smoky gray she-cat beamed at him before moving to wash her fur of the grass it had picked up.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Zepherpaw looked inquisitively at her, then shrugged it off. He started to groom his fur back to normal.

[Sun-x-Set]

Graypaw made a small sound of disaprovial. "Well, unless you're planning to stay on this side of the bank, then I sugest you come with me to .go find a shallower place to swim back." she looked him in the eye, her green ones flinty, but warm. "Great StarClan, I can see it now, two Stormclan apprentices stranded on the wron side of a brook" she sighed and looked up and down the creek.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Zepherpaw started upstream. He stopped for a moment to say, "I'm going to check up-river." before continuing along.

[Sun-x-Set]

Graypaw rolled her eyes and called after him. "Fine. Wait up!" she trotted to his side. She waited in slience for a couple of seconds. "So...." she said, letting her voice trail off. "Who do you like?" A great and booming laughter sounded from within her mind. Your just saying that to make him uncomfortable! [/i] Linion accused.
Well, he deserves it she thought curtly.
Why?!
He didn't laugh at my jest.
Another peal of laughter.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Zepherpaw stared at her oddly. "Why do you want to know?" He stopped then, and finished, "Nobody." He set a faster pace to stay ahead of her, not wanting to be annoyed.

[Sun-x-Set]

Graypaw grinned smugly to herself and trotted off, slightly behind him. "Are you sure?" she started, in her most goading tone. "cause I heard diffrently" she mewed, quickening her pace until she wqas right beside him.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

"Then you heard wrong." Zepherpaw was getting tired of her again. He was about to quicken his pace when he noticed that the river didn't sound as loud as before. He stopped and turned towards it. It was shallow enough to cross. He put his foot in the water tentatively, then stepped in. The water gently swirled around his paws. He turned around and meowed, "It's safe to cross here." He padded to the opposite shore and waited for Greypaw.

[Sun-x-Set]

Graypaw sighed and smiled genuinely. "Good. Thanks, Zepherpaw" she padded hapily accross the shallow brook. She paused and frowned "Thank you aain Zepherpaw. I would have been with StarClan by now if you hadn't saved me. I owe you my life" she lowered her eyes shyly. For all she pretended to be, she was still young. Very young at that.