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Post by Brambles on Nov 15, 2007 19:28:33 GMT -5
Desertstorm had been hunting, his paws slipping in the sand though had made it difficult. The young tom stopped and scented the air. Stormstar and Thistleclaw had been here, but were now gone. He shrugged it off, figuring they must have tried to work things out. Turning away from the Dusty Ruins, Desertstorm began to head away, but stopped, noticing that both scent trails led towards the Uncharted Territories. Desertstorm turned back and ran after the closest and newest scent, Stormstar's. He spotted his mother on the horizon and called to her.
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 19:31:28 GMT -5
Stormstar ears flicked and she turned reluctantly. "What do you want?" she snapped, and her voice was harsh. Her eyes were cold and unwelcoming as she glared at her son. Her claws unsheathed and flexed against the sand. Tail flicking in irritation, she padded over to Desertstorm. "What?" she repeated.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 15, 2007 19:33:56 GMT -5
Desertstorm slid to a halt and shrank down to the sand, ears pinned back. HE stared wide-eyed at Stormstar, unaccustomed to this harsh anger she displayed. "Wh-where are you going? Camp is that way."
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 19:40:26 GMT -5
"I know," she replied, lifting her chin defiantly, "I'm leaving." Her gaze flashed with anger, and her tail flicked. Noticing his stance, she added: "You can blame Thistleclaw for that." Then her eyes softened, if only a bit. "Desertstorm, you are my son. But even you cannot change my decision."
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Post by Brambles on Nov 15, 2007 19:49:55 GMT -5
"Thistleclaw? Whay did he do?" Desertstorm meowed, but then stood and instead added, "Do what you wish then, but know this, DuneClan will fall because you, not Thistleclaw, left." Desertstorm turned and raced away across the sand, paws kicking it up behind him.
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 19:54:18 GMT -5
Stormstar opened her mouth to say more, but he was already gone. Her eyes narrowed. "Yeah, leave," she called after him angrily, venom dripping from her voice. Her tail lashed and she growled under her breath. Then suddenly, she made up her mind. She would return to DuneClan.
But not without speaking to Thistleclaw.
"WAIT FOR ME!" she shouted at Desertstorm so he could hear her, then spun and took off, paws carrying her faster than ever before. Soon she reached Thistleclaw, and she launched herself into the air, landing in front of him. "Go ahead, run into me!" she screamed furiously. By now she didn't care. Her self-inflicted wounds were still oozing, but she was used to them now.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 15, 2007 19:59:00 GMT -5
Thistleclaw halted, eyes blank and expressionless. "You seem to be hurting yourself enough, so why should I bother?" He growled, still in a rage at how Stormstar had reacted to him trying to make it up. "What more can I do to hurt you as apparantly I have done enough."
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 20:04:01 GMT -5
"You have done nothing!" Stormstar snarled, tail lashing, "If it makes you feel any better, than fine. I can hurt myself enough you don't have too!" She brought her claws down on her other front leg, digging them in until the blood welled up and spilled onto the sand. She winced at first, but then straightened. "Is that enough? Huh, Thistleclaw? Is it?"
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Post by Brambles on Nov 15, 2007 20:06:35 GMT -5
Thistleclaw sat down, meowing, "You tell me, as I am not the one who is being inflicted pain upon." The tom meowed in a steady and calm voice that would surly infuriate any mad cat(xD). The tom yawned, as if appearing bored.
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 20:13:15 GMT -5
Stormstar's eyes flashed and she felt the tears well up again. But she blinked them back, eyes burning into Thistleclaw's. "I came after you to apoligize!" she yowled, "I came after you to mend what was broken! But I give up, Thistleclaw. If you don't return my love, then I have no more to say to you." She didn't leave, but sat very still waiting for his reply and releasing her leg. The blood slid down her fur, but she ignored it.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 15, 2007 20:15:20 GMT -5
"That's what you're here for?" Thistleclaw murrowed, sounding sarcastically astonished. "Yet only moments ago you would not accept my apology. You have to ask for forgiveness..." Thistleclaw looked away, fighting to keep his anger under check. "I only asked that we mend what was broken, but you fought back." Thistleclaw murmured. "That's all I had asked..."
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Post by Amber on Nov 15, 2007 20:23:04 GMT -5
Stormstar narrowed her eyes to slits. "Thistleclaw, I should have guessed. All along you were hiding the secret...," she murmured angrily, "You never loved me. You loved Amberheart!" Her voice was harsh and accusing, and her gaze flashed. "If you ever thought you could hide that from me...you were wrong. I found out."
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Post by Brambles on Nov 16, 2007 0:21:27 GMT -5
Thistleclaw turned back towards Stormstar, his eyes not glowering with anger, but brimming with sorrow. "Yed, I loved Amberheart, but loved is a past tense word. Stormstar, if you want to know the truth, I love you. It's wonderful that Amberheart is back, but after all you and I have been through, it just isn't the same how I feel for her anymore." Thistleclaw meowed, voice cracking with the evident sorrow he failed to hide.
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Post by Amber on Nov 16, 2007 8:25:58 GMT -5
Stormstar didn't say anything. Her face stretched in surprise and horror and tears began to stream down her cheeks. He loved me. I was wrong about him. But now he's leaving... She did not go to Thistleclaw for a shoulder to cry on. Not this time. Her gaze held his a moment longer, then broke away and looked out behind him into the distance. "But you're leaving," she whispered, "I was so wrong...and now its too late..." She trailed off, mouth still moving for a little bit but no sound emitting. She closed her eyes and sat, leaning back and taking a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself. The tears began to stop coming, and then halted completely.
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Post by Brambles on Nov 16, 2007 17:25:46 GMT -5
Thistleclaw smiled weakly, the humor shining past his sorrow. "If I were leaving I would not have let you stop me. Yet here I am. We are still on DuneClan borders, are we not?" The brown tabby tom purred weakly.
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