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Post by Icewhisker on Dec 1, 2007 17:22:50 GMT -5
Icewhisker sat at the edge of the stream. Why is this all happening StarClan? she asked in her head. Why do we give into the rogues' power? I need answers... She then looked down into the graceful water. What is my purpose? I want to understand more. She sighed, and started to think more deeply. Behind her there was a rustle in the bushes, but she wasn't paying attention so she let it go.
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Post by Kaitou on Dec 1, 2007 18:11:03 GMT -5
Wraithgaze was generally not the kind of cat to be swayed from a path by mere whim, however this day had inspired him otherwise. He was en route to the familiar stream, traipsing warily if not a bit over cautiously through the WinterClan territory. The young warrior was fresh from a session of punishment with the rogue WinterClan Leader and there were a few fresh scratches across his shoulders. His ebony hackles stood on end as, at careful, measured intervals he scented the chilled air. There were a few very old prey scents mingled with the smell of a familiar, and thankfully non-hostile member of his Clan.
The shadowed tom quickened his pace and was almost immediately rewarded with a sharp pain in his left forepaw. He muttered darkly and lifted the paw to his nuzzle to pluck out the offending, painfully sharp, object: a solitary thorn. A sigh escaped him and he continued on. As he came nearer the small ebb of water he discerned again the familiar scent. A few tail lengths from the bank he called out questioningly, and not without a hint of good humour, "Icewhisker?"
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Post by Icewhisker on Dec 2, 2007 15:45:39 GMT -5
Hearing her name being meowed, Icewhisker turned to see the cat who had entered. "Hello Wraithgaze," she meowed calmly. "What happened? Did something happen with you and the leader?" She sighed and looked to the sky. StarClan? she thought. Are my parents with you or are they still down here with me? Slowly she turned to face the soothing eyes of Wraithgaze once again. Forcing a small smile, Icewhisker asked, "What are you doing out here?" Everytime she tried not to ask so many questions, she ended up asking at least three! "Sorry if I seem to nosy," she added quietly.
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Post by Kaitou on Dec 2, 2007 19:51:26 GMT -5
Wraithgaze gave a sheepish smile and moved to sit beside the she-cat, "I'm to opinionated, apparently..." He flicked his tail and endeavored to ignore the wound, "Its no worry, really. Luststar seems to think that we ought all to be honored to rvere a filthy rogue as Leader of WinterClan... He misunderstands. Anyway... I suppose I came out here to think. I wonder at times why StarClan does not speak to us as it once did..." The young tom sighed and turned his blind gaze skyward, "As they did in the days of Loststar." Shaking his head wraithgaze suppressed a chuckle, "Though i must say I sympathize with the StarClanners, I wouldn't want to speak to Luststar either."
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Post by Icewhisker on Dec 7, 2007 20:52:59 GMT -5
((Sorry I haven't been on lately! My Internet went down on us and I couldn't get on at all...))
Icewhisker nodded in understanding. "Sometimes I also wonder if StarClan is still watching over us." Then she added more quietly. "And if my parents are still alive..." Three tears then fell down her face. All I need is an answer, she thought.
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Post by Kaitou on Dec 8, 2007 23:03:31 GMT -5
The dark tom gave the she-cat a sympathetic nudge, "If they are not, I'm sure they are watching over you now..." Though Wraithgaze knew they ought not to linger so long he felt little desire to return to camp. "Perhaps we ought to do a bit of hunting... Just so as to prevent Luststar from being to angry with our being gone from camp?"
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Post by Icewhisker on Dec 9, 2007 8:48:18 GMT -5
"Good idea," Icewhisker meowed. "That's basicly why I came out here anyway." She then got up and stretched. "And Wraithgaze," she meowed. "Thank you. You are the first cat to comfort me like that in a long time. Thanks..."
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Post by Kaitou on Dec 9, 2007 15:11:49 GMT -5
The blind tom smiled and gave a brief purr, "Don't mention it... I'm always glad to have and help a friend." With a final smile Wraithgaze scented the air and a smirk broke across his muzzle, "It smells very stongly of field mouse, doesn't it? Let's get to work."
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Post by Icewhisker on Dec 11, 2007 17:01:52 GMT -5
Icewhisker nodded in aggreement. She then scented the air as well. Wraithgaze was right. And the mouse was nearby. "You lead," she meowed to him quietly. Dropping into a hunting crouch, she follow the tom.
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Post by Kaitou on Dec 11, 2007 22:44:18 GMT -5
With fluid feline ease Wraithgaze crouched and moved toward the scent. His claws were sheathed for the moment as he padded softly along the ground. Soon he was less than a tail-length from the unsuspecting prey-beast. With a leap and a swat the blind tom ended the brief hunt, standing nonchalantly over the freshkill. "Your turn," he said with a quiet and vaguely challenging purr.
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Post by Icewhisker on Dec 12, 2007 17:01:44 GMT -5
Icewhisker smiled. She sniffed the air. There was another field mouse opposite of where Wraithgaze was. She sheathed her icy claws and moved swiftly, but quietly towards the mouse. The prey was nibbling on a berry near the water. Perfect, she thought. Then she leaped! Unsheathing her claws in midair. She landed straight on the prey. Piercing it with a frostbite from her claws. She picked up her prey and padded over to Wraithgaze.
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Post by Kaitou on Dec 12, 2007 22:26:35 GMT -5
Wraithgaze gave a friendly purr of approval. "You know, sometimes I can really imagine a world without the rogues... Like now." The young tom found himself staring wistfully once more at the sky and smiled. "Well, we ought to head back to the camp and report. They'll send someone after us if we don't..."
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Post by Icewhisker on Dec 13, 2007 17:46:19 GMT -5
"Me too," Icewhisker meowed softly. For a moment she let her thoughts of free clans come over her. She then shook her head shaking the thoughts away. "That's a good idea," she meowed. "You lead." She then picked up her fresh kill and let Wraithgaze lead.
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Post by Kaitou on Dec 15, 2007 16:09:28 GMT -5
With a small smile Wraithgaze turned himself toward the WinterClan camp and began to brace himself for the consequences awaiting them. The sun was already beginning to set and the dark tom knew full well even their small amount of prey would not be enough to shield them from Luststar's wrath at having been away so long. With a bitter shake of his great head Wraithgaze squared his shoulders and quickened his pace, Luststar would be waiting for him, that much was true, but he would be ready...
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