[.The. Faintest Touch of .Hope.]

[Shadingsun]

Mothflight blinked and sneezed, sweeping debris out of the camp with her thick tail as a pout formed onto her narrow face.

In Stormclan, atleast, everything had been destroyed- except the Apprentices den and Warriors Den. This left the Medicine Cat Den, the Leaders Den, The Elders Den- you name it, and it was swept away by the breeze, or pummeled to crumbling dust by the thick shroud of storms that followed afterwards.
By now, everyone was helping with the clean up, even the elders who were just recently assigned to the task of fixing up they`re own den.

Although Mothflight knew that what happened to all the clans was a tragedy or a devastation, she couldn't help but smiling. She knew that she had to hold tight onto her hope, that they all would rise above this, or else she would have nothing within her but despairing sobs asking and cursing starclan why this had happened to them.
The only protest she had within her was doing the apprentice duties, once again.
Especially after overcoming all her assessments and tests.... That was a pain in the.....tail.
Yah, that's it.

Anyways, Mothflight swept away the leaves, making the camp look as clean and as comfortable as it could be kept now-a-days.
Sighing wistfully, she took the only long strand of tree bark from the pile she had made. Holding it tightly in her jaws, she padded out of the camp, looking for a twin piece like it as she flitted throughout the fallen, rotten, broken trees.

What a mess, she thought sadly, her eyes only glinting for a second before she shook herself and focused back on her task.

[Duskstar]

Twistedaw steped out of the apprentices den and looked at all the damage that was done. "great, more things for me to tip over" he stammered. He limped around the camp to see all the damage that was done in the camp.

[Leaf]

Yawning after a sigh, Nettlepaw stretched as he walked out of the apprentices den. He had hoped the storms were a dream, but as he opened his eye, he realized it was real. Spotting Mothflight not to far away, he padded up to her and asked, "Hey, did I sleep late? Oh, and do you need any help....I have to start somewhere." he said, with a straight face- now was not the time to be happy, but there is no reason to fill that void with sadness.

[Shadingsun]

Mothflight nodded. "Yah- that would actually be great, thanks!" she meowed around the package she carried in her mouth.
Pausing to drop the tree bark, she blinked before looking around. Finding a thick tree that seemed to be hiding around the undergrowth, she stood up on her hind legs, and stripped a long piece of bark off of it. Padding back up to Nettlepaw, she handed him the bark.
"Ah...hold that down!" she instructed, smiling weakly when he held down one end of it in confusion. Taking her other strip of bark, she held it up, and began weaving it around the other strip with nimble paws.
"We`re weaving around this piece of bark to hold up the entrance to the Medicine Cat Den. I think were rebuilding it first...because so many cats are injured...."

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"Eh? Twistedpaw!" Blackflight called him over, before growling in frustration and padding over to him.
She glared at anyone who stared back at her, and it was clear that hostility rolled off of her in unwelcoming waves. Blackflight felt like wherever she went, cats followed her, wailing desperately in despair and asking her what they were going to do. It was tiring, and she felt like almost everyone were acting like complete idiotic mousebrains.
"What are you doing today?" she looked down at him through narrowed green eyes, her black tail tip twitching as she tried to hide her curiosity.

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Diamondpaw blinked as she woke up, rubbing her blurry pale green eyes before yawning. Shaking her fur out, she poked awake Rushecho- who responded by growling and shifting away from her. Diamondpaw snorted, feeling her pure white fur ruffle in annoyance.
Whats up with him anyways? He hasnt been the same the last four days. I mean, I know the storm was pretty bad and all that, but that's no reason to go around doing nothing and being depressed.She sighed.
"Rushecho, come on! Im...getting worried about you. I don't want you to keep on being like this." she said.
Rushecho shot up instantly, his lips drawn back into a snarl. His matted tabby fur rose up in anger, and his pointed ears drew back close to his head.
"Look. I don't know whats your problem, ok? So just do me a favor, figure it out, and go away. I don't need any of your sympathy!" he snapped.

Diamondpaw blinked in shock. Coldness quickly gripped the warmth she felt for her friend, and her eyes darkened as she glanced towards the ground. "Ok. I`ll do as you want, Rushecho. But you cant stay like this forever- if you do, I fear..."
Diamondpaw stopped mid sentence as his snarl deepened. Trying not to seem like she was hurt, Diamondpaw smiled deeply, her eyes glistening as she held on and tried with all that she had to not cry. "I understand, Rushecho. Bye."

She turned tail and left, sniffling and looking around the camp for something to do.

[Leaf]

"That makes sense." Nettlepaw realized that he had to hold it down and watched her carefully. He wondered if the other clans were going througb tough times too.