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Post by Amber on Jan 4, 2009 20:26:30 GMT -5
OOC: wow...I can't believe I used to RP like that. *looked over old posts* Such a drama llama! >> I'm not sure, but there's a lot of fox fights. *curses teh foxies* However I don't want too much drama now...XD
Opalstone tread the edge of the DuneClan - AshClan border with care as she scanned the area. She tried to look like a normal warrior doing her duty and patrolling the borders, but she was alone. Who was she kidding? Amberheart had gone back to camp because she had forgotten something. There wasn't much she could do to look more 'normal', though.
She really, though, wanted to see Winterpatch again..
The tom had done a lot to help her when she had come in need of aid in their past encounters. But somehow her feelings for him went past friendship, continued on to some area of feeling inexplicable. She didn't love him! Of course she didn't! She wouldn't, she shouldn't, she couldn't...
No, she told herself firmly in her head, Its like..sibling love. That's all! Not even that was a good thing, but it was better than betraying her Clanmates and running off head over paws in love with..an AshClanner! She would never..
Shaking her head to clear it, she pawed the sandy-ashy mixture of a ground before swiveling her ears and turning her head, mouth parted to catch any more scent. For she had caught a whiff of Winterpatch in that direction!
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Post by Squid on Jan 4, 2009 20:56:15 GMT -5
The ashes covered his pitch black fur, so much in fact, that he now looked like a large boulder hidden under volcano ash, although it was mostly because he'd been in the same spot for who knows how long, searching for someone. Finally the large, muscular, black and white tom stood, shaking the ash from his pelt as he scanned the border, only finally catching a glimpse of the cat he had so wished to see, Opalstone. He ran in her direction, his large paws making footprints on the ashy ground as he skidded to a stop. "Opalstone!" Winterpatch called. It had been so long since anything had given him a reason to smile, or be excited.
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Post by Amber on Jan 4, 2009 21:07:37 GMT -5
Opalstone turned out to be facing in the wrong direction, though she was close. She turned to beam at Winterpatch. "Hey, Winterpatch," she mrrowed to him absently. It had been a long time since she had seen him, and her smile returned for the first time since Sleetfall, Aridsand, Stormstar, and Thistleclaw had died.
At least I still have Amberheart, she thought, And Winterpatch.
She purred as she greeted him by bounding over and flicking her tail against his side. "Its been so long!" she exclaimed excitedly, "It's nice to see you again."
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Post by Squid on Jan 4, 2009 21:19:38 GMT -5
"It has been long, and hard, since I became deputy, things have gotten tougher, having to keep an eye on whats going on, organizing all the patrols, making sure punishment is given when its needed, but seeing a friend I haven't seen in awhile gives me a bit more spirit" Yes, Winterpatch had friends in camp, Stonestream and Minnowstep, but he saw them everyday, but not Opalstone. He didn't get to see her as much as he saw them, and she was the only she-cat who was his close friend, the only other she-cat close to him was his own sister.
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Post by Amber on Jan 4, 2009 21:37:14 GMT -5
Opalstone blinked. She didn't want to admit she had almost forgotten he was deputy. She just nodded in understanding she really didn't have and coc ked her head to the side. Staring at him, she wondered if it had been that hard on him. What could possibly be wrong?
She tried to ignore the fact SHE had had her family killed off lately...did DreamClan hate her or something?
Shrugging she looked Winterpatch in the eyes. "It's very nice to see you too," she murmured, "After my family..." She didn't finish the sentence, just smiling sadly.
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Post by Squid on Jan 4, 2009 21:41:22 GMT -5
That's when it struck him. Winterpatch hadn't been listening to himself talk, and didn't think about the differences between their hardships "I'm sorry...saying that made me sound stuck up, when I'm sure you have had it three, no, four times harder than I have, I apologize greatly" He smiled apologetically, lightly tapping his tail on her shoulder, trying to be more comforting than he was used to being. Winterpatch had heard about her family deaths, and while he had lived his whole life with no one but his sister, he figured Opalstone probably wasn't used to living without much family left.
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Post by Amber on Jan 5, 2009 17:16:39 GMT -5
Opalstone looked shocked, shaking her head hastily. "No, no, you have nothing to apologize for!" she chided, using her own tail to move his off of her shoulder. She smirked at him. "Maybe I have had it harder, and maybe not, but you have a right to feel sorry for yourself!" she chuckled at him, "Its for a good reason..maybe not to the next cat, but if it matters to you, there is nothing to apologize for..."
She smiled in a satisfied manner and let her tail fall as if welcoming him to place his tail back where it had been; he didn't have to, but the ability to seemed enough to show him.
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Post by Squid on Jan 7, 2009 16:16:48 GMT -5
He grinned sheepishly, but it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. Winterpatch looked at the ash covered ground, lifing up his paw to see a large paw print where it had been "It's times like these, I wish I were still a kit, a day of playing, getting fed by mother, sleeping extra, and hardly a worry" He placed his paw back on the ground "How have things been in your clan?"
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Post by Amber on Jan 9, 2009 18:10:54 GMT -5
Opalstone shifted uncomfortably and then instantly tried to cover it up, putting on a smile and saying, "Good enough, thanks." She tried not to let it show that she hadn't really kept up with what was happening in her Clan since her family matters. She had sort of withdrew, and never really became open again. She stayed away from camp. If a cat had died or the prey was scarce, the only way she would find out was noticing they were gone or noticing a lack of food.
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Post by Squid on Jan 22, 2009 20:23:59 GMT -5
Not far off, Stonestream was hunting. The blind cat hadn't lost any skills since the loss of his sight, infact, most of them had been enhanced, especially smell. He caught a wif of two cats, and recognized Winterpatch, but who was the other cat? Stonestream padded out of the undergrowth, looking in the direction he knew Winterpatch was in. Winterpatch whirled upon hearing the bushes, his eyes wide.
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Post by Amber on Jan 22, 2009 20:29:43 GMT -5
Opalstone was gone before any cat who could see would have managed to glance at her. She darted off and dove into a pile of ashes, stifling a cough. At least it might hide her scent. She prayed to DreamClan that the cat wouldn't notice they had been meeting...she held her breath and waited agonizingly in the stillness for a short moment.
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Post by Squid on Jan 22, 2009 20:32:53 GMT -5
Stonestream stared when he heard the movement of paws, someone running, and fast. "Winterpatch, I'm not stupid you know, I used to see...erm...hear you talking to that cat, who is she?" Even he could tell gender apart by scent. Winterpatch sighed "Opalstone!" He called, it was no use hiding since Stonestream knew.
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Post by Amber on Jan 22, 2009 20:35:51 GMT -5
Opalstone crouched lower childishly, feeling like a nursery kit that had been caught wandering off. She pressed herself low to the ground, ears flat against her head, but reluctantly crept out of the pile of ash. As soon as she wasn't buried in soot, she rose and sneezed a few times, before walking a few pawsteps towards the others, grinning sheepishly. She had a tendency to do so when she was embarrassed...It wasn't so fitting in the situation, but she didn't care.
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Post by Squid on Jan 22, 2009 20:39:43 GMT -5
"Opalstone" Stonestream dipped his head in respect to the she-cat. Winterpatch sat down, not saying anything. "I won't tell about your meetings, it's your business, not mine, but I advise you to be careful, what if it had been Minnowstep, or another of our clan that had caught you, or worse, if Opastone's clan caught you" Just as Opalstone felt like a kit that got caught, Winterpatch felt small against his older friend, feeling like he was an apprentice again, getting scolded for accidentally crossing the borders
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Post by Amber on Jan 22, 2009 20:43:23 GMT -5
Opalstone coc.ked her head to the side and gave a mrrow of protest. "But we...we weren't caught, now were we?" she meowed, "Why can't two cats of seperate Clans be friends?" She knew the answer, but once again, she felt like a kit. It didn't make sense...it wasn't fair!
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