roxxie: shadowpelt's mother

[shadowpelt]

"shadow! will you pay attention?" roxxie asked her kit impatiently.
"sorry mother, i was just watching the clouds." she replied shyly.
"well stop watching clouds and start paying attention when i try to teach you to hunt." roxxie said with an impatient flick of her tail.roxxie was a loner who had only one kit, and that kit was the pride of her life: shadow. even though shadow was 8 moons old, and certainly not a kit.
"why don't we see what you've learned?" roxxie asked shadow with a sly thitch of her whiskers.
shadow gulped."s-s-sure." she stuterded. of all the things her mother had tought her the only lessons she had watched with interest were the fighting lessons, and after seeing her fighting skills, roxxie had declared "if you paid this much attention to your other lessons, you would be the best cat in this forest and any other!" she gathered the few things she remembered about her hunting lessons and listened intently to the forest around her. she dropped into a hunting crouch as she heard something shuffle bbehind a nearby bush. as she prowled closer, a starling burst from its hiding place. shadow hardly had time to gather herself as she sprang higher than she ever had before, unsheathing her claws as she did so. she landed with a heavy thump and the bird lying limply under her paws. roxxies mouth dropped open as she saw the whole thing.
"that was wonderful!" she exclaimed. " lets go home, bring that." she said with a flick of a pwa toward the bird still lying dead under the still shocked black cat.
they enjoyed the starling under the leafy shelter that was their home. not long after shadow fell asleep, roxxie decided to patrol their small, two-cat
territory. she opened her mouth and drunk in the smells. what she smelt made her recoil in shock and disgust, "dog!" she hissed quietly to herself. she had to drive it away before it hurt shadow. with one last look at her sleeping daughter, the golden tabby vanished into the trees.
shadow woke with a prickling at her scruff. she rose on silent paws, and noticed her mother was gone. she dashed wildly out from under the leafy canopy, not bothering to quiet her steps. she didn't run long before she scented blood on the wind, "no!" she hissed as she stumbled on the sight there was her mothers body, torn and bleeding. shadow dashed up to her mother and buried her nose in her fur.
"shadow, go...to the forest."
"mother!"shadow choked. "dont talk you'll be fine!"
"no...go. there are cats in the forest, they will take you, they will teach you. the clans. go. promise."
seeing there was nothing she could do, shadow whispered "i promise."
"than find them, and be happy." with one last shuddering breath roxxie died. shadow buried her there after mourning her. remembering her promise, shadow said "if i should have a new home, my name will be shadowpelt. and i will remember the terrible darkness that clung to my mothers pelt and clings to mine. but i will make, that sure what killed her, will not hurt the family i leave here to find." and with that she turnedand ran to the edge of her territory and crossed the scent line.


i know its a little long, bear with me.

[rex.]

thats so sad! :-o
i love your writing skills, oh i dont think i welcomed you to WU yet!
...Welcome^_^;

[shadowpelt]

thanks! glad you like it.

[shadowpelt]

shadowpelt stared down at her reflection in the small puddle. after leaving her own territory, she had decided to wait until she was older and more skilled to seek out the clan in the forest.
"i can see why mother named me shadow. she muttered to herself. "i'll bet if i close my eyes and crouch real low, no one would know i was there!" then she remembered how keen a cats nose was and silently berated herself for being so foolish. remembering what she was doing here she began to scent the air. there was a faint scent of rabbit, but it was stale.
deciding there was no prey near here, shadowpelt sulked away. the area she now lived was on the outskirts of the forest of the clan her mother had mentioned. sometimes when the wind blew towards her, shadowpelt cought faint scents of other cats, but was not compelled to join them. "after my training!" she kept telling herself."or until i'm 12 moons, whichever i decide."
shadowpelt padded over to the rock pile and slipped into the snake-hole. the snake-hole, at one time, was actually a snake-hole, but had been abandoned. this was were shadowpelt had made her den.
shadowpelt yawned and curled up to sleep. no sooner than her eyes closed, she felt the wind ruffle her thick fur. curiosly she opened her eyes. instead of seeing her den, she saw a clearing. bewldered, she rose to her feet. out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a framiliar shape emmerge from a nearby bush.
"mother?" she choked past her gaping jaws.
" yes my daughter." roxxie replied but stayed rooted to the spot.
"but i thought you died!" shadowpelt said to her mother.
"i did but i have come to speak to you." roxxie said to her daughter. "you are ready, you must go to the clans, and you must choose one: shadows, wind, river or thunder."
" theres more than one?" shadowpelt asked confused. but when no reply came she answered "but i'm not ready!" when still no reply came she grew angry."why won't you answer me?" she hissed.
"you are a new light" roxxie repied."and i connot answer you,"
"what do you mean a new light? am i an omen? a curse? or am i only a tool?" she spat angrily.
"i cannot answer you, i can only tell you to go." she told her daughter. and with that, sadowpelt woke.
growling, she burst from her den and ran to the forest, towards the clans, and to her futer