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Post by Brambles on Nov 12, 2007 20:31:10 GMT -5
Heat waves rose on the horizon, shimmering, making the land seem endless. Sand shifted beneath brown tabby paws, making the tom walking struggle to keep his balance. Dune after dune rose and fell, but soon gave way to broken stones nad pieces of rubble, curmbling along the landscape. Thistleclaw bounded down towards them, his yellow orbs blank with no emotion, though every emotion he had ever felt, and some new, surged through his veins. The tabby tom lept onto the nearest bit of rubble, slipping and nearly falling back onto the scorched sand below.
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Post by Amber on Nov 12, 2007 20:53:22 GMT -5
Stormstar sat with her head hung nearby. She didn't notice Thistleclaw; in fact, she didn't notice much of anything anymore. She was distant and quiet, and now she sat there with her head bowed. Her eyes stung with tears, but she ignored the fact that leaders aren't supposed to cry. Instead, she let the tears come and drip down onto the sand below silently, as if they would lighten some of her sorrow.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 12, 2007 21:35:10 GMT -5
Thistleclaw grunted as he pulled himself back onto the top of the rubble, taking a moment to rest. The tom lifted his muzzle, but could scent nothing as he was upwind. The tom slid down the otehr side of the rock, making way towards a spot of shade to hide from the burning sun that hovered in the orange colored sky, painted that way from the sand.
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Post by Amber on Nov 12, 2007 22:04:05 GMT -5
\\xxDid I disappoint you or let you down?xx//
Stormstar lifted her head ever so slightly. Her muzzle parted to scent the air, and she recoiled at the scent of Thistleclaw.
\\xxShould I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?xx//
She curled her lip in the beginnings of a snarl, but no sound made it through her teeth. She turned away, rejecting the fact that her relationship with the tom had ended.
\\xx'Cause I saw the end before we'd begunxx//
It was hard to accept the fact that he had moved on. But she had to try. She was failing at her jobs as a leader, and her mind was often slipping and she was distant. Often times she'd find Opalstone or Sleetfall interrupting her pondering with worried mews.
\\xxYes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.xx//
She lifted her head again, spun around, and gazed hopefully in the direction of Thistleclaw's scent. But then she shook her head, muttering to herself and turning away yet again. Suddenly the wind's direction changed, blowing her scent towards the last tom she wanted to be alerted of her prescense.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 12, 2007 22:07:45 GMT -5
Thistleclaw halted in mid step, muzzle lifted to the dazzlingly bright sky. The tom's heart skipped as he scented what he had hoped he would all along, wanting nothing more than to mend that which was broken. Thistleclaw padded forwards, curving around a block of rubble before halting, staring at Stormstar's hunched form before him.
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Post by Amber on Nov 12, 2007 22:18:04 GMT -5
OOC: Skipping some lyrics XP
\\xxIt may be over but it won't stop there...xx//
Stormstar sat with her face away from Thistleclaw. She didn't lift her head or twitch her ears - didn't adknowledge him an any way. Instead, she glared off into space, eyes glazed over a bit.
\\xxI am here for you if you'd only care.xx//
Finally she flicked her tail, but did not turn to look at him. She didn't want to see the tom, and her mind burned with possible insults she could shoot at him.
\\xxYou touched my heart you touched my soul.xx//
He had yelled at her in front of the whole Clan. Embarrassed her. Wasn't it only fail she should commit some public show of hostility to get him back? Revenge. What a strong word, she thought bitterly.
\\xxYou changed my life and all my goals.xx//
But no, she would not do that. That wasn't the kind of thing she did. Not unless she was provoked too many times. She still didn't turn to meet Thistleclaw, gaze sweeping over the crumbled remains of the Twoleg's strange ways.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 14, 2007 21:51:53 GMT -5
Thistleclaw stared at Stormstar, but she did not turn towards him. The tom began to pad forwards, but stopped himself, and instead meowed, "Stormstar, can we not mend what was sadi in the past? Can I not make anything right?"
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Post by Amber on Nov 14, 2007 22:13:30 GMT -5
Stormstar turned finally, eyes filled with sorrow and unshed tears. She dragged her tail across her face, wiping her eyes and washing the tears away. "Thistleclaw, do you know what you did to me?!" she practically yelled out at him, tears beginning to seep out again. Her tone was harsh and accusing, and scattered with places where the sorrow showed through. Her body was littered with scratches and bruises inflicted by herself, where she had beat herself up in her self despisal. She unsheathed her claws, which were covered in a thin layer of dried blood.
OOC: Stormstar, the ultimate emo leader lol
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Post by Brambles on Nov 14, 2007 22:22:38 GMT -5
Thistleclaw flinched and shrank down towards the scorching hot sand, his ears pinned back. "What should I have done?! You blatantly ignored me and everyone knew it! What had I done to you before that made you act as if I had never even talked to you before?!" Thistleclaw spat out, his own anger surging through his hot-blooded veins. Yellow eyes burned angrily as he straightened, glaring at Stormstar. He ignored her wounds, and looked straight in her eye. "Tell me, what did I do to make you treat me like that in the first place?" Thistleclaw meowed, his voice steady, but it dripped with venomous anger.
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Post by Amber on Nov 14, 2007 22:26:41 GMT -5
"You were in the wrong place at the wrong time," Stormstar mewed calmly, "I saw someone to hurt. And so I hurt them. I don't know why, and all I can do now is explain." She didn't flinch when his gaze burned into hers, and she narrowed her eyes defiantly.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 14, 2007 22:36:02 GMT -5
"There has got to be a better reason than that load of fox-dung you just spat out." Thistleclaw hissed angrily, his own yellow orbs narrowing. "You had no right to ignore me so, as I had done nothing!"
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 8:19:58 GMT -5
"I have nothing more to say to you, Thistleclaw. I admitted the truth and you did not believe me. Besides, the only thing I didn't reveal is something that isn't your concern. Not anymore," she meowed, eyes flashing with hatred for the tom. And with that she turned towards camp and started walking away. Really, she had realized that Thistleclaw used to love Amberheart. She was just a pawn, a replacement for the love he felt for her.
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 19:09:12 GMT -5
OOC: I meant fury not hatred lol XD
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Post by Brambles on Nov 15, 2007 19:14:02 GMT -5
Thistleclaw watched silently as Stormstar padded away, his heart sinking. The brown tabby tom turned away from the DuneClan camp. He was not needed, he had been leader, and now he was not. DuneClan had plenty of warriors. Taking a last glance over his shoulder, Thistleclaw left the Dusty Ruins and made way towards the Uncharted Territories.
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 19:21:53 GMT -5
Stormstar paused, glancing back over her shoulder. Her face fell, but her eyes blazed with outrage. If he leaves, I leave. He will be responsible for the fall of DuneClan. For the moment, all that mattered was that she got out of there, for good. Her paws carried her farther and farther away from DuneClan camp, and then she walked aimlessly off in the direction of the Uncharted. Deep down, her love was still present for Thistleclaw, if only he'd return it. But the tom had ruined his chance, and now Stormstar screwed up her face to stop the tears, and vanished into the darkening horizon. Stormstar was always back from these expeditions.
But this time, that might not be true.
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