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Post by flameh on May 23, 2009 20:03:49 GMT -5
Xander padded through TrueClan territory. The scent was stale, and he was hungry. The slim gray tom padded towards the pond. His mouth watered at the thought of fish. He reached the edge. He hooked a fish rapidly. He took a few bites. All was silent.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 23, 2009 20:08:56 GMT -5
"Dances the autumn breeze!
Always a new belief!
Cats young and old flock around!
Hear the sound of the song
Of the crowd all day long!
Lady Of The Lake!"
The song rang over the hills as a band of cats came spinning by merrily. The first was a bouncy kitten with deep blue-grey fur and faded blue eyes. The cat following her had dark brown fur and crystal blue eyes. A tom then followed after and he was dark as night over wood, his fur tinted a nice brown color and his eyes like rich honey-coated bark. The final cat was the one singing, golden like the son and never more beautiful. All but the singer spun and twirled and danced happily, humming along or adding lyrics in the background to accent the singer's voice. The stopped before the tom. "Nre'fao dearest tom, and a many-morns greeting!" The golden singer called with a purr. |
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Post by flameh on May 24, 2009 13:44:17 GMT -5
Xander heard the unusual singing. "What in the world?" he asked himself. Just then a band of cats appeared. "Hello" he mewed, a puzzled look on his face.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 24, 2009 14:05:37 GMT -5
One of the cats, the golden one that had been singing, smiled.
"I am Secret Sister Of The Sun. This is Mystery Daughter Of The Moon, Silent Son Of A Shadow, and Child Of The North Star. We're a Storytelling and singing group." She added with a purr of amusement. "There's a story with any name. Try us." She said with a nod, hoping that the tom would participate.
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Post by flameh on May 24, 2009 14:14:10 GMT -5
Xander was a little freaked out. The cats seemed off their nut. "My name's Xander" he mewed.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 24, 2009 14:52:02 GMT -5
"Xander..." The littlest cat, a very young kitten named Child Of The North Star, meowed as she concentrated. "You grew up with your brother Xavior and lost everything when you were three moons old." She meowed with a smile and a brief nod of satisfaction.
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Post by flameh on May 24, 2009 15:04:15 GMT -5
It all flooded back to him. His parents murder and the fights and stuggles. "How'd you know that?" he asked.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 24, 2009 15:13:55 GMT -5
"Like we said, Storytellers. A tale to every name, Xander." A dark brown she-cat said with a smile. Her name was Mystery Daughter Of The Moon, one of the more quiet yet bubbly and loving ones. She understood the tom's surprise, it was strange to know everything about him.
"Child Of The North Star has a tale-telling gift." She added with a smile.
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Post by flameh on May 24, 2009 15:21:01 GMT -5
Xander nodded, he was still wrapping his mind around the concept of the cats. "Do you know what happened to Xavior?" he asked,
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 24, 2009 16:40:42 GMT -5
"None of them do, that's for sure." Child Of The North Star said softly. "And I only know of those before me." She said with a sigh, shaking her head. Silent Son Of A Shadow stepped forward.
"We're not miracle workers, for certain." He said with a brief nod.
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Post by flameh on May 24, 2009 19:58:42 GMT -5
Xander nodded his head in understanding. "So what brings you here?" he asked.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 24, 2009 20:40:57 GMT -5
"Adventure, tale-collecting, spreading truth. Making happy the trail we walk. That sort of thing." Secret Sister Of The Sun said softly, and with a smile that was bright as the sun itself. She had a way of beaming her happiness around like the sun sent rays to the world.
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Post by flameh on May 25, 2009 16:40:28 GMT -5
Xander nodded. "Must be an interesting life" he mewed.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 25, 2009 19:36:23 GMT -5
"Very." Child Of The North tar said with a smile. "Want to hear a tale? Try us." She challenged with a grin.
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Post by flameh on May 26, 2009 17:01:37 GMT -5
"Tell me any tale you want" he mewed. His green eyes focused on them.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 26, 2009 18:26:46 GMT -5
"Well, there are some very interesting but long ones." Child Of The North Star said with a brief nod. "But my favorite is the Islander and Clanner tales of old." She said with a smile.
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Post by flameh on May 26, 2009 19:06:05 GMT -5
Xander sat down and folded his tail over his paws. His green eyes focused on them. "Do tell" he mewed.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 26, 2009 19:59:03 GMT -5
Child Of The North Star nodded.
"Long ago there were four Clans who lived on an island. One was ShoreClan, who lived on the beach of the island and hunted in the open sea. There was MeadowClan, living in the meadows. Then DesertClan, who loved their desert home. Finally, TreeClan or the Clan in the forest who hunted and slept in the trees. They hardly touched the ground and some never did. TreeClan was like ThunderClan, MeadowClan like WindClan, DesertClan like ShadowClan, and ShoreClan like RiverClan." SHe began, taking a deep breath and making sure Xander had got all of that.
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Post by flameh on May 27, 2009 14:38:13 GMT -5
Xander nodded. He thought about the IslandClan's. It sounded like an interesting place to live.
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Post by Brambleclaw on May 27, 2009 18:38:50 GMT -5
"Well, there were also two other islands. Mayberry Island was a place of loners. It was named by a kittypet whose twoleg owners had abandoned her one day. She had two kits, May and Berry, where the name came from. It was about ten times bigger than the Clan island. There was also Littlepaw Island. It was named for the rogue and evil Littlepaw who had been condemned to the sea and had washed up on the island. The Mayberry and Littlepaw Islands knew of the other, and had heard tales about the Clan Island. But the Clan Island thought they were the only speck of land in the whole world." She continued with a smile, nodding at the tom and hoping he was still following her.
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