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Post by .feather//oceana. on Jun 28, 2008 20:17:02 GMT -5
xx.//Nothing short of a nuclear blast could stop me.]]
A tom cat strolled carelessly over the ashen earth unaware that he was being pursued. His cinammon coat was warm where the sun bathed him. Dustpaw inhaled a deep breath of volcano air. He felt smug knowing that other cats who inhaled this air would choke and sputter. Even some cats in his own clan would, because they did not have RageClan lineage as strong as his in their blood. It was this that inspired him to run ahead faster, as if he was the strongest cat in the forest.
xx.//Stop me from connecting the dots at the clocks, Midwest, I'm going home.]]
Dawnpaw's dark coat stood out horribly in this part of RageClan territory. Dustpaw must be completely oblivious to not see her! Her odd eyes scanned the horizon ahead to locate a hiding spot. Maybe she should just jump out and surprise him now? Dawnpaw had followed the apprentice since he had left camp for a dusk hunt. Something about him intrigued her like no other cat had done before. She wasn't sure what she felt for him, but she wanted to be around him more to try and sort out her feelings.
xx.//And I've been pacing since a quarter to four in the morning.]]
Suddenly, Dustpaw took off, faster than she'd ever seen him run. Dawnpaw had always thought he was a cat with muscles, but never suspected the speed. The femme sprinted ahead as well, but took a slower pace since she knew that she was far faster than Dustpaw regardless. As she reached the top of a ridge she perched herself under a low clump of bushes and observed Dustpaw padding cheefully over to another femme apprentice. Eclipsepaw! A feeling of jealousy came over Dawnpaw. She wanted to tackle Eclipsepaw and show Dustpaw who the better cat was.
xx.//Can you blame me?.]]
Meanwhile, Dustpaw's heart began skipping beats as he laid eyes on Eclipsepaw. Something about her made him feel as if he were floating on air. He approached the femme who was seated on a nearby fossil formation. "Uh, hey Eclipsepaw," he murrowed with a crooked smile.
xx.//Send me into a panic attack, I'll be out cold.]]
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Post by Amber on Jun 28, 2008 21:27:05 GMT -5
x\We're not gonna be just a part of their game/x
Eclipsepaw turned to Dustpaw and smiled back. "Hey," she answered laughingly at his slight nervousness. It seemed yet another apprentice might, well, like her. At this thought her mood dampened and she looked away, frowning, deep in thought. Why they all liked her, she didn't know. It was something that bothered her sometimes, like the RageClan stereotypes.
x\We're not gonna be just the victims/x
Eclipsepaw turned back to him and put on a smile for his sake. She tried to loosen her tense muscles and flatten her fur, and managed to make her fur lie a bit flatter and her muscles halfway loosen. "Sorry, with tempers running high lately and people taking swipes at you for your beliefs I'm a bit...nervous," she said, slightly bitter, and only partly lying.
x\They're taking our dreams, and they tear them apart/x
She smiled wider at him and turned to face him all the way, sheathing her claws and sitting down. She widened her eyes, which had been narrowed, to normal size and parted her jaws to take in the scents around them. She started when she caught a whiff of Dawnpaw...and jealousy. She could taste it in the air. She closed her maw tightly and tried to keep her smile without faltering as her eyes searched behind Dustpaw for any signs of the other she-cat.
x\Til everyone's the same/x
She wrapped her tail around her paws and squeezed tightly. Then she loosened as she remembered it probably showed very visibly to Dustpaw. Realizing she had stopped smiling a moment ago, she smiled again. "So how are you?" After a pause, she sighed and stopped smiling arubtly. Letting out a frustrated mrrow she turned to him, ready to admit she was not as happy as she seemed.
x\I've got no place to go, I've got nowhere to run/x
And then Flightpaw had to ruin it all. She ran towards Eclipsepaw, feeling a bit betrayed. Because Eclipsepaw was taking all the toms. She reached her and Dustpaw quickly and slid to a stop. "What'cha guys up to?" she asked, feigning innocence.
x\They love to watch me fall, they think they know it all/x
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Post by .feather//oceana. on Jun 28, 2008 22:45:54 GMT -5
x.//Hey, catastrophe!.]]
The cinammon tom glared at Flightpaw with a quick flash of fury before reverting his gaze to Eclipsepaw. He could sense something uneasy surrounding the smoky femme. He wanted to be with her alone; it seemed that was impossible with nearly all of the tom apprentices hanging all over her. Dustpaw didn't understand what they thought they had that would appeal to Eclipsepaw. Surely she would want the most loyal and caring tom.
x.// I think I understand.]]
Dawnpaw gave a sigh of relief as Flightpaw broke up the conversation. She began to feel slightly unnerved, and had the feeling that one of the apprentices in the clearing below had sensed her presense. What made Eclipsepaw so great? Why was she the one all the toms followed around. Dawnpaw left herself no answers to her questions and reverted her concentration to what was going on below.
x.//Take another piece of my heart away.]]
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jul 8, 2008 13:39:46 GMT -5
Lightfoot walked up to the several apprentices. He was happy of his newly made warrior status, and still held a friendship with the apprentices he had been sharing a den with less than a week ago. "Hi Elispepaw." He stated, having always felt a stronger liking for the she-cat than any other cat within the clan. "What are you three up to?" He said after mewing a breif hello to the other two apprentices.
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Post by Amber on Jul 8, 2008 13:44:55 GMT -5
((((I'm pretending she's still an apprentice in this though like yesterday or something she was made a warrior))))
Eclipsepaw grinned and for once, it was real. "Lightfoot!" she jumped forward to greet him. "How are you?" Lightfoot had been there for her through thick and thin, and saved her during the massacre. For that, she was immensely grateful. He had a special place in her heart. "Congrats on being made a warrior!" She should have been jealous that someone about a quarter-moon younger was made a warrior before her, but she was not. She looked back at Dustpaw and padded back to join him and Flightpaw.
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Post by .feather//oceana. on Jul 8, 2008 15:15:35 GMT -5
xx.//Because it's late.]]
Dustpaw shifted uneasily at the older cat. He knew that Lightfoot and were close. He couldn't think of any reason that Eclipsepaw would chose him over Lightfoot. Maybe I should just give up.... The tom habitually began to toss around a tiny pebble in front of him, avoiding eye contact with Lightfoot. "So uh how has training been going Eclipsepaw?" he murrowed ignoring the impending feeling that he was being watched.
xx.//But lately I've been building such character.]]
Dawnpaw continued to observe from afar. How committed is Dustpaw to Eclipsepaw if he still goes after her even though it is obvious that she could have feelings for Lightfoot? Her thoughts were making her sick. She didn't know how much longer she could hold herself back sitting here and watching. Is he really worth my time?
xx.//That I should feel much stronger.]]
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jul 8, 2008 15:33:09 GMT -5
Lightfoot nodded. "Thanks Eclipsepaw. I expect you all will be made warriors soon enough." He said as he sat himself by the she-cat apprentice. He could also smell what he assumed to be another Rageclan cage. But he didn't draw attention to it since they were not of a threat since they were in the same clan. "Yes how has all of your training been going?" He asked even though he had an apprentice of his own.
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Post by Amber on Jul 8, 2008 16:31:42 GMT -5
"Good I guess," Eclipsepaw murrowed, tilting her head slightly to the side. "Dustpaw?" she querried after a moment of silence, "Whats wrong?"
Flightpaw smiled warmly at Lightpaw. "Hey!" she meowed loudly, "My training is going great!"
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Post by Amber on Jul 9, 2008 16:46:58 GMT -5
OOC: Is anyone going to post? :/ I was kinda hoping to get this show on the road
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jul 9, 2008 17:29:25 GMT -5
{(Waiting for Feathy.)}
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Post by .feather//oceana. on Jul 11, 2008 10:33:28 GMT -5
xx.//But I barely feel at all.]]
The cinammon tom glanced up nervously. How can she see right through me? Dustpaw's stomach began to clench itself into a knot, as it usually did when he was about to lie. No! I have to be honest with her! "Uhm, I'm not sure, but do you think someone is watching us?" He was satisfied, not a lie at all, just a different answer.
xx.//Nothing short of a massive attack could shock me.]]
Dawnpaw froze behind the clump of bushes where she was sheltered. Her green and blue orbs grew wide with shock. She began to back away slowly from the bushes. How did he know I was here? The femme knew that Dustpaw had begun training at the same time she had, so why had he been able to scent her from so far away? Dawnpaw knew that if she stayed much longer, they would locate her, and she would have to answer questions that she'd rather not answer. It was better to retreat. In an instant, the jet black apprentice turned tail and bolted for camp, praying to DreamClan that the other cats hadn't spotted her.
xx.//Shock me into shedding my skin.]]
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Post by Amber on Jul 12, 2008 21:52:47 GMT -5
"I scented Dawnpaw earlier," Eclipsepaw admitted, "In f--" She stopped, seeing a flash of black and tearing after it. She was almost a warrior so she caught up quickly, stopping in front of the other she-cat. But then Flightpaw called out, "Eclipsepaw! What in the world? Get back here!" Eclipsepaw bared her teeth at Dawnpaw, then turned and ran back, lying so no one would know. Though she disliked the other, snobby apprentice - in her eyes - she didn't spill what she had just saw. "Nothing, I thought I saw something. Maybe it wasn't Dawnpaw at all; you were with her before you came, right Dustpaw?"
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Post by .feather//oceana. on Jul 12, 2008 23:03:45 GMT -5
xx.//This is one talespin I cannot win.]]
Dustpaw snapped around and watched Eclipsepaw bolt after something over the ridge where he had entered the clearing. Mere moments later, the femme reappeared, apparently having not found what she was looking for. "Dawnpaw?" the tom questioned. "No, I left camp alone. No other cat was with me." Yet the young apprentice was still puzzled. Had Dawnpaw followed him? Was she still hanging around here? Why?
xx.//I've been shaking since a quarter to six this morning.]]
Dawnpaw sprinted onward, filled with rage and discouragement. The femme was dissapointed that little miss Eclipsepaw had been able to sense her prescence. Far worse; she had probably told Dustpaw. What would he think of her now? That she was some weird stalker type? Her hate towards Eclipsepaw had multiplied like baby rabbits born in new leaf. The jetty apprentice was unsure how she would keep a leash on her temper the next time she spotted Eclipsepaw.
xx.//Wouldn't you be.]]
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Post by Amber on Jul 13, 2008 13:13:54 GMT -5
"Oh...well, maybe she was just hunting," she lied, not wanting to give Dawnpaw anymore reason to hate her - not that she had any valid ones in the first place. She sat down, giving her fur a lick. Then she wrapped her tail around her paws and forced her fur to lie flat. "Hey Dustpaw, do you think...Dawnpaw hates--nah." She paused. "Nevermind, I'm not thinking straight." She hated trying to be friends, she hated other cats, she hated-- okay, that was all lying. But she wished she didn't have to try so hard to stay friends with some people.
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Post by .feather//oceana. on Jul 13, 2008 13:24:48 GMT -5
xx.//Another spider to spin a hit song.]]
Dustpaw's amber eyes clouded. "Dawnpaw? I don't really know her that well, I couldn't really say..." he veered off and thought about the possibility that maybe the coal colored apprentice was just hunting. Eclipsepaw was probably right, and he was just putting himself on a pedestal. No other cats liked him like that, he shouldn't have flattered himself. The tom gave a steady sigh, "I suppose that's possible," he ventured. At least Lightfoot was being quiet, giving him time to speak with Eclipsepaw alone.
xx.//Hey, catastrophe!.]]
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