Post by Brambleclaw on Jan 21, 2009 19:06:53 GMT -5
Canyonfur ran for what felt like a moon. He watched as the wind blew through the moors, heading for the Moonstone and maybe even into a silent world once again. He made double-time to get there, wanting to be alone without Mistrose. It had not ended well last time, and maybe not this time either. So as the tom approached the Moonstone alone, he was a little bit lighter and happier.
He glanced up at the quarter-full moon and began to shriek. Not words, just cry. And when he had awakened in a mysterious land of stars, he began to shout even more.
"Where are you!?! Why won't you show yourselves!?! Why have you done this to ME!?!?!?!" Suddenly, he whirled around to see a dusty brown she-cat with stunningly vibrant green eyes. A dark tabby tom stood beside her, his fierce orange eyes painfully surprising. They had stars in their pelts. The tabby tom turned and bounded away, but the other cat stayed. She suddenly began to speak, but so softly Canyonfur could not hear her.
"Well, WHAT DO YOU WANT!?!?!"
"Maybe you can't hear me because you won't listen." She said plainly, and then began speaking again. This time Canyonfur stopped to listen.
"You wished to hear - you always did."
"Who are you?" He interrupted her. She chuckled.
"I am Sweetpea of ShadowClan."
"But, who are you? How should I know you?"
"I am your mother." That stopped Canyonfur in his tracks, drinking her in. Her sweet voice, her beautiful pelt, her mesmerizing eyes.
"You always wanted to hear. Now you want it gone. Why?"
"It was bringing me nothing but trouble. I've alway gotten along without my hearing, so why give it to me now?"
"You needed to learn to hear to be humble. Humility is not just handed to you."
"Please take it away. I don't need it. I will manage. Mistrose might not accept me, but she probably won't anyway after our fight. Take it away. Please."
"Very well." Sweetpea nodded, and turned. She bounded silently away into the night, and Canyonfur was once again awake in the Moonstone. He grumbled... And heard nothing. He tried to yell, but heard nothing. He was deaf!
What had he done?
He glanced up at the quarter-full moon and began to shriek. Not words, just cry. And when he had awakened in a mysterious land of stars, he began to shout even more.
"Where are you!?! Why won't you show yourselves!?! Why have you done this to ME!?!?!?!" Suddenly, he whirled around to see a dusty brown she-cat with stunningly vibrant green eyes. A dark tabby tom stood beside her, his fierce orange eyes painfully surprising. They had stars in their pelts. The tabby tom turned and bounded away, but the other cat stayed. She suddenly began to speak, but so softly Canyonfur could not hear her.
"Well, WHAT DO YOU WANT!?!?!"
"Maybe you can't hear me because you won't listen." She said plainly, and then began speaking again. This time Canyonfur stopped to listen.
"You wished to hear - you always did."
"Who are you?" He interrupted her. She chuckled.
"I am Sweetpea of ShadowClan."
"But, who are you? How should I know you?"
"I am your mother." That stopped Canyonfur in his tracks, drinking her in. Her sweet voice, her beautiful pelt, her mesmerizing eyes.
"You always wanted to hear. Now you want it gone. Why?"
"It was bringing me nothing but trouble. I've alway gotten along without my hearing, so why give it to me now?"
"You needed to learn to hear to be humble. Humility is not just handed to you."
"Please take it away. I don't need it. I will manage. Mistrose might not accept me, but she probably won't anyway after our fight. Take it away. Please."
"Very well." Sweetpea nodded, and turned. She bounded silently away into the night, and Canyonfur was once again awake in the Moonstone. He grumbled... And heard nothing. He tried to yell, but heard nothing. He was deaf!
What had he done?