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Post by Tears{May}Fall on Dec 1, 2006 12:23:59 GMT -5
Falconwing looked to Stormcloud and blinked, catching her signal. He crouched down and sniffed the air. Pigeon… He thought. He nodded to Stormcloud, indicating she could take the bird if she wanted to.
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Post by snowfire on Dec 1, 2006 23:59:03 GMT -5
As quietly as she could, Stormcloud dropped the rabbit from her mouth and placed a paw carefully toward the bird. She narrowed her eyes, like she always did when she was concentrating, and put another paw down. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Falconwing looking at her with a funny expression on his face. She looked away, thinking Concentrate! What's going on? She could see the pigeon now, and it was a fat one. Stormcloud was four fox lengths away before she pounced. The bird cried out once, before Stormcloud finished it off. She looked back at Falconwing, her eyes gleaming with pride and pleasure.
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Post by Tears{May}Fall on Dec 2, 2006 8:33:47 GMT -5
Falconwing smiled and nodded. "Well done." He said, smiling.
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Post by snowfire on Dec 2, 2006 9:37:11 GMT -5
Stormcloud sighed happily and said"This is great day. So much prey and I've got a new friend." She blinked at Falconwing, then something made her look away, rather embarrassed.
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Post by Tears{May}Fall on Dec 2, 2006 9:40:07 GMT -5
Falxonwing looked down and his pelt prickled slightly. He scuffed his front paw on the ground slightly. "Yes. It has been a great day." He wanted to make a different conversation. "So...What's your story? You already know mine for the most part..." He said.
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Post by snowfire on Dec 7, 2006 23:43:31 GMT -5
Stormcloud looked rather alarmed at his question. She flicked her ears uncomfortably and said in a small voice, "Well, there's nothing to tell. I'm born in this ThunderClan, and........." Stormcloud shook her head, and looked away. She could tell that Falconwing didn't believe her. She sighed and licked forepaw, then meowed sadly, "I.......I...wasn't Clan born. The queen who raised me wasn't my birth mother. I was born white, and my mother lost a pale gray kit, so nobody noticed. I was lucky." Stormcloud paused, wondering whether to tell Falconwing her deepest secret.
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Post by Tears{May}Fall on Dec 8, 2006 12:27:14 GMT -5
Falconwing looked at his friend with concern. He stared into her eyes. “Stormcloud. You can tell me. I mean,” He laughed dryly. “Who would I tell?” He didn’t know if he should but the tom touched her shoulder with the tip of his tail in a motion of comfort. “Come on…”
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Post by snowfire on Dec 9, 2006 7:51:39 GMT -5
Stormcloud felt comforted by his friendliness. She thought to herself: He's rogue born and he's okay. I'll be fine, telling him. I'm going to burst anyway if I don't tell. Her sky-blue eyes clouded darkly, and she took a deep breath. "My mother was quietly burying Ashkit, the she-kit she had lost. No cat saw her because a storm was raging above. She told me that she heard meowing from somewhere in a tree, and she couldn't believe her eyes when she found a small white kit curled in a bundle of leaves." Stormcloud's face twisted slightly from the unpleasant memory, then continued, "My mother, Lavenderfur, was too soft-hearted and gentle to leave me there. She said is wasn't right, and she would be insulting her Clan if she had done that. Lavenderfur took me back to the ThunderClan nursery and nursed me. She named me Stormkit, after the weather in the night that I was found, and treated me better than her own kits. My mother told me this on the dayI was made a warrior. But the worst thing is-------------------" Stormcloud was nearly crying now, and her eyes had a desperate look in them. "You see," she said more calmly a moment later, "My mother said that she smelled both ShadowClan and ThunderClan on me. I think my birth mother had an affair with a ShadowClan tom, or vice versa. It's too painful to describe." Stormcloud sniffed a little, then looked a Falconwing. "See, your history doesn't seem too bad compared to mine, does it?"
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Post by snowfire on Dec 9, 2006 7:52:37 GMT -5
OOC: Whoa, long postie.....
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Post by Tears{May}Fall on Dec 10, 2006 5:43:13 GMT -5
Falcinwing nudged her and sat next to the she-cat, letting her head bury into his neck fur. "That all depends. I choose to tell my past by a partial view. To tell it fully would bring thoughts and memories I do not wish to have. But i will not say your past was not rough. I'm really sorry Stormcloud. Really I am." He said, his last words trailing.
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Post by snowfire on Dec 10, 2006 8:56:50 GMT -5
Stormcloud sniffed again, then meowed in an embarrassed tone: "Sorry for the outburst.....I.....don't know...what...*sniff*...came*sniff*...over me...*sniffs again*"
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Post by Tears{May}Fall on Dec 10, 2006 15:45:56 GMT -5
"It's okay." Falconwing said reasuringly. "That was a long time ago. I mean, look at you now. You're a warrior, a much respected one at that. You're a great hunter and..." His voice trailed off. Have become a beautiful cat... He silently added, turning red under his fur.
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Post by snowfire on Dec 10, 2006 23:40:02 GMT -5
Stormcloud cocked her head to one side and mewed in a small voice, "Are you okay?" She hadn't missed his red cheeks....
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Post by Tears{May}Fall on Dec 11, 2006 12:37:12 GMT -5
"Fine.." He said, walking backwards away a few steps from Stormcloud.
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Post by snowfire on Dec 11, 2006 23:23:50 GMT -5
Stormcloud frowned a little. Had she upset him?
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