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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 10, 2008 14:29:03 GMT -5
Ashfire's rich grey pelt rippled as she crouched, breathing heavily, into some gorse bushes. After sneaking through WindClan territory and outrunning dogs, exhausting crawled at the young she-cat's limbs. Her paws ached and her eye-sight was beginning to dull again. She turned to see where Hollyleaf and Ebonytail had gone. She didn't want to lose them, and be stuck out here on her own. She turned and stared at the dark blotches of gold around her, wondering where everything really was. She was getting used to her blurred vision, but she couldn't wait until the poison wore off and she could see clearly again. The young cat's amber eyes began to glow as she saw a rich stone a little ways ahead. She didn't know why, but she felt like it would lead her to her brothers somehow. She decided she'd wait for her friends, then go check it out.
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Post by bluebrook3 on Aug 10, 2008 14:55:09 GMT -5
Hollyleaf walked up behind Ashfire with three mice, one for her, one for Ebonytail, and one for Ashfire. "Here Ashfire...." She dropped the mouse at her friends paws then ate hers waiting for Ebonytail to come.
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Post by Brambleclaw on Aug 10, 2008 16:20:10 GMT -5
Ebonytail slunk back to meet her friends again.
"Alright. There is a camp not too far from here. I vote we find a secluded spot to rest for the night, because I think I couldn't go another kittenstep without wearing my pads off!" Ebonytail complained quietly, collapsing on the ground. She gulped down her mouse in silence, waiting for a reply.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 10, 2008 21:27:29 GMT -5
Ashfire murmured her thanks to Hollyleaf and began to eat as Ebonytail padded up. She looked up and flicked her ear, flexing her claws.
"I agree. Somewhere near that stone, perhaps? The farther from the camp, the better, for now." She meowed, looking at the trees a little ways from the stone.
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Post by Brambleclaw on Aug 11, 2008 11:14:23 GMT -5
"Sounds good." Ebonytail darted off toward the shelter. There, she found a neat little patch of space to stay. It was well concealed by brambles, and was just large enough for the three of them. Thick rain clouds roared overhead. The trees could provide shelter, if not perfect somewhat, and the bramble thicket would be dry enough. Now they needed some dry bedding.
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Post by bluebrook3 on Aug 11, 2008 16:08:10 GMT -5
"I'll go collect some leafs for us to sleep on." Hollyleaf meowed walking a little ways away and got some soft leafs for them to sleep. She walked back to them. "Here...I found this for them to sleep.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 11, 2008 16:45:52 GMT -5
Ashfire, without announcing where she was going, padded off into the bushes. She soon returned to find the others had worked out a shelter, her mouth filled with dripping moss. She set it down gently before the temporary den.
"I thought everyone could use a drink. I also caught some prey that we can make a fresh kill pile out of when the rain stops. It's safe and dry for now." She meowed, flicking her ear.
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Post by Brambleclaw on Aug 11, 2008 19:11:27 GMT -5
Ebonytail raced over and lapped up a few drops of water.
"This is like our own little mini camp!" She called. As she thought of this, padding her own little bed down, she began to think about going home. Will the Clans till want us, if we return home after so long? Even though it wasn't 'So Long' it was beginning to feel like it would be. She wondered allowed.
"Will ThunderClan still want us? Maybe we could go someone where new! Like you, Hollyleaf, could go to Mountainfur! And I could go with you! And Ashfire could..." Ebonytail could not think of the right place for the mysterious she-cat.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 11, 2008 22:16:21 GMT -5
Ashfire's eyes darkened at Ebonytail's words. Her heart was all for ThunderClan. It would tear her apart to stand before her Clan a stranger. Perhaps she didn't belong there, but that didn't mean she'd abandon her Clan. She laid down and curled her white paws under her chest, staring down at the earth.
"I'd never abandon ThunderClan." She meowed coldly without moving her gaze.
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Post by bluebrook3 on Aug 12, 2008 12:37:19 GMT -5
"As much as I love Mountianfur, Thunderclan will always be my Clan at heart...I just hope Bluestar will forgive us for what we're doing." Hollyleaf meowed thinking what Thunderclan is doing and she wondered if they realized they were gone yet.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 12, 2008 12:53:03 GMT -5
Ashfire said nothing. She had dragged them into this. If Bluestar was angry wtih them, she would take all the blame. It's my mission, my brothers... they didn't have to come. She thought. Her eyes turned to the entrance of the small bramble thicket, thinking that she was so close to seeing her brother... perhaps even brothers again. She hoped Nightpaw was here...
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Post by Brambleclaw on Aug 13, 2008 15:00:32 GMT -5
"I understand." Ebonytail laid down, curling all her paws beneath her and flicking her tail. "But right now I don't know where I belong." And it was true. Her brother in WindClan, her heart never truly longing to be in ThunderClan. She was built like her father, thin and sleek, built for running. Not for stalking prey in the undergrowth. How her brother could cope, she did not know. He was a ThunderClanner through and through. But is it where I belong? she asked herself silently.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 13, 2008 17:03:49 GMT -5
As the morning dawned, Ashfire became restless. Even before the others woke, she got up and retrieved the prey she had caught the previous evening. She nosed it into the driest part of the thicket, leaving it for her friends. She padded up to the stone, sniffing it warily before leaping onto it. She turned and started when she saw a sleeping ball of white fur. Hesitantly Ashfire prodded it with her paw.
"Hmm?" A voice murmured as the she-cat raised her head to look at Ashfire.
"What are you doing here?" Ashfire asked emotionlessly.
"Sleepin', I guess. Musta fallen asleep durin' my vigil." The cat meowed.
"Vigil?" Ashfire echoed. The white she-cat stood so that her silky white fur radiated in the weak sunlight. Her strange purple-blue eyes fixed themselves on Ashfire.
"Aye. Just a sorta vigil for old friends 'n' stuff. You know what I mean... uh, passed on? Among the stars? Ya've got a ThunderClan scent, so I'm guessin' you know 'bout StarClan." The cat meowed, almost dazedly.
"How do you know of the Clans? Or StarClan, for that matter?" Ashfire demanded.
"Oh, I useta be a WindClanner. Can't ya tell?" The she-cat asked, grinning crookedly. Ashfire stared at her blankly.
"No? Well, I guess that makes sense. I ain't quite what I useta be. Name's Wildeyes." The she-cat meowed. A wierd name to suit a wierd cat. Ashfire thought.
"I am Ashfire. As you pointed out, I am a ThunderClanner." She meowed.
"What's a Clan kitty doin' way out here? Last time ah checked, ThunderClan's a long ways off." She mewed softly, her eyes narrowed.
"I'm looking for my brothers. Nightpaw and Saviorpaw." Ashfire said.
"Saviorpaw, Nightpaw, wierd names, wierd indeed." Wildeyes meowed, dazed.
"Saviorpaw is a tortoiseshell with blue eyes, and Nightpaw is black and white with amber eyes. Have you seen them?" She asked.
"Hmm... actually, I think I have. Up a ways, in a big group. Almost like one o' them Clans." Wildeyes meowed, smiling widely. Ashfire's heart pounded against her chest. Could it be...? Could it be them?
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Post by bluebrook3 on Aug 14, 2008 11:10:48 GMT -5
Hollyleaf had fallen asleep and woke up as the sun came up. She looked over at Ebonytail who was still sleeping then she looked in Ashfire's nest which was empty. She stood up and stretched, she heard cats talking. She walked toward their voices. "Ashfire..i-is that you?" She meowed.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 14, 2008 12:53:30 GMT -5
Ashfire turned when she heard Hollyleaf's voice.
"Yeah. I'm up here." She meowed. Wildeyes shifted nervously.
"You've got companions I see..." She meowed.
"Yes. They've come to help me find my brothers." Ashfire meowed.
"Well, if'n you need someone to git you inta that wierd camp up thar a ways, I might be able to help. Otherwise I gotta date with s'm mice." Wildeyes meowed slyly, licking her lips. Ashfire hesitated. She didn't know if they could trust the crazy-appearing cat. She turned to try and find Hollyleaf among the brambles they had slept in.
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Post by bluebrook3 on Aug 15, 2008 15:25:27 GMT -5
Hollyleaf walked out of the brambles in plain sight for Ashfire. "So What have you find out?" She asked.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 15, 2008 15:31:22 GMT -5
"Well, this cat seems to know about the TrueClan camp." Ashfire meowed, not making it seem like she trusted the cat's intelect. Wildeyes stared down at Hollyleaf and grinned crookedly, her strange purple-blue eyes almost appearing unfocoused.
OOC: I love how crazy she looks on the outside.
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Post by Brambleclaw on Aug 15, 2008 18:00:55 GMT -5
Ebonytail slipped out of the den. She eyed the strange she-cat warily, remembering something. Something, maybe... The way she gazed.
"Wait, you're... You're Wildeyes, right?" She asked in confusion. Could it be? The cat from all those tales so long ago? Well, not that long. But before Ebonytail's apprenticeship. Before the death of her mother.
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Post by .:-Aikoa-:. on Aug 15, 2008 19:05:18 GMT -5
Wildeyes turned and looked at the young she-cat, her eyes showing a dazed expression.
"Hmm? Oh, Wildeyes, yes, that's me!" She exclaimed, smiling widely. She noticed the expression on the grey cat's face and her spirits fell. She thinks I'm crazy. Maybe I am... might as well be. Nothing much to do but be crazy and live alone. She thought sadly. Wildeyes turned her expression back to the she-cat on the ground.
"I can help you, if you wish me to. Otherwise I should be on my way, before the cat comes." She meowed with none of the strange accent she had used before. She was speaking quite seriously, with a firm look in her eye that made her seem normal for a moment.
"Cat?" The she-cat on her side asked, but Wildeyes ignored her.
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Post by bluebrook3 on Aug 15, 2008 20:41:20 GMT -5
"How do you know so much about Trueclan, were you a member?" Hollyleaf asked looking at Wildeyes with her bright light blue eyes.
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