The Newcomer

[mkgb]

Misery stared at her with unblinked eyes. He was scaried of the tom next to him. His eyes showed plead but his soul was own to the tom, he was his prisonare. A slight bow to the she-cat direction made Voodoo give a fast look to the tom. "Stay still will in the present of company", he said in a low hiss, "and stand up proud, you look like a dead dog"

[Peaches]

Aminta rolled her eyes. "And who is this?" she said to the tom who tripped over her. "You talk funny." she meowed to the she-cat who walked in.

[.:-Aikoa-:.]

The she-cat smiled ever so slightly at the comment.

"Yes, I expect I do. I come from far away. Many have come before; I was, I will be, I am... Evermore." She meowed, lashing her tail gracefully. The tom beside her sighed.

"She always introduces herself like that." He meowed. She looked at him and blinked.

"Because it is true, friend Tangleroot." She turned back to the two toms, examining the cowering one.

"And the look of a dog definately does not suit you, Nalkasurra. What be the names of these new friends we meet on our journey of life this day?" She asked curiously, her pretty blue eyes sparkling. Tangleroot said nothing, only looked at her with an unreadable expression on his face.

[Peaches]

"I'm Aminta." she meowed in a sharp tone. She looked back at Misery.

[mkgb]

Voodoo looked up at the new cat. "My name is Voodoo and this here is my follower Misery. We come from back at the twoleg place, are path has brought us far today" he lied about the last part, he knew the parts as if he was blind.

[Peaches]

Aminta rolled her eyes. 'This would do better without that weird cat stalking us.' she thought. "Are you going to go now?" she meowed.

[.:-Aikoa-:.]

Evermore looked at Aminta and held her gaze steady, unblinking, unwavering. Then a slow smile spread across her face.

"Where I come from, cats have manners. Here, I wonder at what parents teach their young kits." She meowed to Tangleroot, winking at him. He looked at her and shrugged.

"I guess that's just how she is, Ev." He meowed expressionlessly. The she-cat looked at him and then blinked.

"Mmm, yes, I suppose. Still doesn't excuse rudeness though." She turned back to the toms.

"Nice to meet both of you, Voodoo and Misery. Faskekem mishozem to you both." She meowed. Tangleroot looked at them with a bored expression on his face.

"I've heard that one enough to know it means "a good day"." He meowed, yawning.

[Peaches]

Aminta felt a tear drop to the ground when the weried cat mentioned "parents". "My parents are dead." Aminta said hoarsly, while getting up to leave. She didn't want to hang around theses cats anymore.

[.:-Aikoa-:.]

Evermore looked at the she-cat and then tilted her head to one side slightly. Her gaze was soft, understanding. She nodded.

"Aye, a sad, lonely life it is, I would expect. The empty void of a life without the ones who raised you. For me, it was many, many cats... None of which gave birth to me, or sired me." She mewed so softly, perhaps only Tangleroot could hear it. He eyed Evermore and then turned to Aminta.

"You don't have to go. We can leave." He meowed, standing. Evermore nodded.

"Many days have come before, and today will pass soon. We indeed must be about our business." She meowed, ignoring Tangleroot's sour expression at her strange word choice.

[mkgb]

Voodoo loved the fight arise infront without his help, it was a trick he used to pull a lot on his many mates but none lasted to bare his kits. "faskekem mishozem to you to" he smiled. "Misery after this we need some battle practice" he said quietly noticing his weak attitude to fight. A shocked look went through his eyes, his chest let a unregular breathe caught in his rib cage.
"As you wish" Misery replied quietly.

[Peaches]

Aminta shook her head. She stood up and brushed past Misery while padding away into the forest. "Bye." she said. Ev didn't understand. She had NO ONE. All alone in the big world with no one to even talk to.

[mkgb]

Voodoo turn to leave it was no used staying in such a dull area. "Let go" he replied rushing off in the direction Aminta went which was also the way back. Misery stopped a little bit as they passed the she-cat.

"What the matter" he whispered quietly looking around for Voodoo.

[Peaches]

"They're dead." she said flatly. "Part of my comeing here was also finding my parents. When I finally did find them, they had been murdered. Once they were dead, the cat that murdered them disfigured their bodies, so the only way I could tell it was them was by a faint scent." She sighed.

[.:-Aikoa-:.]

OOC: lol, little does Aminta know how well Evy understands...

BIC: Evermore turned to Tangleroot and smiled.

"Well, our mission is afoot now, good friend. Shall we depart?" She inquired. He sighed and nodded.

"Shanzich, then away we go!" Evermore exclaimed cheerfully, padding in the opposite direction the rouges had taken. Tangleroot waited for a moment before following, his shoulders slumped and his ears drooping. He felt his energy drain away once more, faced with no threat again.

[mkgb]

Misery gave a faint smile but not to the news of her parents but how she has it good. "I guess we are in the same situation" he whisped when he seen Voodoo give a scent trail. "I was born to human place which Voodoo calls Twolegs. I never knew my mom or my dad, just knew how to suck up to the humans. After a bad rat attack I was given as a pet to a boy with a problem of naming. He had a older cat, he had been taken in a few years before and ran life as training. he calls me his 'follower' which I am just scared of my life of him" he said then cut off as he didn't want to bored her with a life story.

[Peaches]

"Hm...so where are we going?" she meowed more joyfull.

[mkgb]

"well right now i'm suppost to go to training which is more like another scar for me" he smiled. "after to my house for milk that been skinned over"

[Peaches]

"O.K." Aminta meowed. "Are you're people nice?" she asked. "And have you been taken to the clipper yet?" she asked. It was an odd question, but she wanted to know.

[.:-Aikoa-:.]

Evermore padded along with her tail raised, her step lively. Tangleroot sulked behind her, his ears pinned to his skull. He didn't like wandering all around the place, looking for something that probably wasn't even -

"We're here!" Evermore exclaimed happily. Tangleroot pricked his ear forward and his eyes widened. Before them was a small pool with strange purple weeds growing up from it. Evermore trotted over to the water and gently plucked one of the plants with her paws, getting her chest and arm fur wet in doing so.

"Must not put it in the mouth, see. It's poisonous." Evermore meowed, winking.

"As you said before." Tangleroot meowed.

"Shanzich." Evermore said, smiling. Tangleroot looked at her and then the strange plant.

"And what is it supposed to do?" He asked.

"You'll see." Evermore winked sercretively at him.

[mkgb]

Misery looked at her with a painful look. "I been before for shots and after a bad cut Voodoo gave me in training. It the scar over over my eye. My people are nice but never around." he meowed to the questions honestly. "You not afraid of me?" he blurted out because of his injuries.

Voodoo followed the two cats through the trees. He wanted to see what they were up to and not knowing would bug him till he was dead which he knew could be tomorrow. His feet flew over the undergrowth in amazing speeds.