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Post by Amber on Jan 5, 2008 16:07:03 GMT -5
Opalstone looked back at Thistleclaw, ceasing digging up Stormstar and giving him a look that said it all.
Aridsand ran to his father, refusing to dig up his mother any longer. His eyes glistened and he wore a distraught look on his face.
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jan 5, 2008 16:09:42 GMT -5
Blackflame turned as he heard Thistleclaw's voice. "I'm sorry. Opalstone was worried since Stormstar hadn't returned to camp, so we came to look for her." He said his head down. "As you can see, we found her."
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Post by Brambles on Jan 5, 2008 16:14:06 GMT -5
Thistleclaw;;
The brown tabby tom shoved past Aridsand, storming to stand face to face with Blackflame. Ambe optics glowered with a fury unknown to the tom, even he knew not where it came from. 'Tell me Blackflame, what...or who...killed my mate? Who?!' Thistleclaw snapped his head to the left, staring blankly at the shifting sand beneath his paws. The tom shook his head, shutting his eyes from the world. 'No. She's not dead. Not to me.' Thistleclaw whirled away from Blackflame, shoving Opalstone away from Stormstar's partly undug body, as he crouched beside his mate, nose pressed into her alreadly chilling shoulder. [/blockquote]
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Post by Amber on Jan 5, 2008 16:23:34 GMT -5
xX[Don't stop if I fall]Xx
Stormstar yowled in grief, but it would probably never reach her mate. She wanted to be with him...he needed to know the truth...all the things she never got to tell him.
xX[And don't look back]Xx
Opalstone looked away, tears in her eyes. She hung her head and hid it from view, refusing to show her Clanmates her crying.
xX[Baby bury me]Xx
Aridsand looked at his father again. "No..." he murmured, "Dad. Don't do this to me." He blinked with sorrow obvious in his eyes. "She's dead."
xX[And fade to black]Xx
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jan 5, 2008 16:26:49 GMT -5
Blackflame backed up when confronted, his ears back in suprise. "I..I don't know, I'm sorry." He said his voice showing his shock. "All we found was the body and a little blood."
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a waverunner. Have you ever actually frowned on a waverunner.
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Post by Brambles on Jan 5, 2008 16:33:31 GMT -5
Thistleclaw;;
A scoff barked from Thistleclaw's throat as he listened to Blackflame. 'A little blood? Yet her wounds are extensive..' At hearing Aridsand, Thistleclaw's amber optics narrowed dangerously. The tom rose slowly, then turned to confront his son. 'Dead?' Thistleclaw emitted a maniacal laugh, eyes wild and burning bright. 'Dead? I think not. She's more alive than ever!' Thistleclaw took a step forwards, only to crumple as his legs folded beneath him, unable or unwilling to support his weight any longer. Thistleclaw's face slammed into the sandy ground, though he remained there, not willing to remove himself from the pitiful position. [/blockquote]
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Post by Amber on Jan 5, 2008 16:44:14 GMT -5
Aridsand went to his father, eyes wide. "No! Dad, listen to me! Snap out of it! Stormstar wouldn't want you to act this way!"
Opalstone turned and backed away from them, blinking. Her father was insane...mad.
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jan 5, 2008 16:48:58 GMT -5
Blackflame backed away some more as he watched Thistleclaw. "Please, she is watching you from the stars. Don't let her see you like this." He pleaded his eyes showing great confusion.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a waverunner. Have you ever actually frowned on a waverunner.
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Post by Brambles on Jan 5, 2008 16:58:29 GMT -5
Thistleclaw;;
//Hey Jude, don't make it bad
The tom lay motionless in the sand, amber optics gazing past Aridsand into nothing but the rolling waves and dunes that extended across DuneClan territory. The tom's breathing was heavy, and ragged, as if it were difficult to take in the slightest amount of air.
//Take a sad song, and make it better
Thistleclaw sat there still, then finally heaved himself to his paws, limbs trembling in accord to his voice as he murmured, 'I have nothing left. Nothing. I am broken, shattered.' Amber optics flicked over Stormstar's body as Thistleclaw muttered, 'I am lost.'
//Remember to let her into your heart
Thistleclaw turned back towards Blackflame, Opalstone, and Aridsand. Such madness coveted itself in the tom's optics, he was nearly unrecognizable. A twisted smile broke across his maw, and the tom threw his head back, staring up at the now dusk sky. Stars winked down at him from the azure dome that expanded above him endlessly. 'Are you happy!? Tell me! You have taken what I love the most, you have broken me! Is my shattered heart not enough?!' Thistleclaw's mad lament rippled across the air, the tom's insane nature now directed towards DreamClan.
//Then you can start, to make it better. [/blockquote]
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Post by Amber on Jan 5, 2008 17:04:41 GMT -5
Aridsand, realizing what he thought he needed to do, jumped and pinned his father to the ground. He flicked his tail for Opalstone to help, and she came up beside him, placing her own paws on Thistleclaw's chest. Aridsand's eyes were pleading. "Don't make me do this," he whispered, "Show me I don't need to." His claws unsheathed, but he didn't use them. Not yet.
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jan 5, 2008 17:07:34 GMT -5
Blackflame looked shocked at all three cats and shook his head. "You two can't." He said barely above a whisper as he watched the two younger warriors pin the older one down. 'Yeah because I'd much rather do it.' He thought.
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Post by Brambles on Jan 5, 2008 17:18:21 GMT -5
//Take the very breath you gave me
Thistleclaw grunted heavily as Opalstone and Aridsand pinned him onto the burning sand. The tom lay there helpless, though still wrapped in his maddened rave. Foam flecked the ground as he shook against his kits' restraint, fighting to get up and face DreamClan again, to let them know what they had done.
//Take the heart from my chest
Thistleclaw's struggles paied off. He slipped away from Opalstone's and Aridsand's paws, rollined away before standing. The tom stumbled towards a towering piece of rubble, one of many that lay littered across the sand. Thistleclaw scrabled up it's side, trying vainly to get as close to DreamClan as he thought possible, anything to tell them what they had done. Thistleclaw slipped, falling backwards a few mouse-lengths, before regaining his footing and lurching back towards the top of the spire.
//I'll gladly take her place if you'll let me, make this my last request
Amber optics shone brightly as the sun sank below the horizon, sending out a few last rays across the azure dome, painting the few clouds beautiful hues of orange, purple, and pink. The tom ignored the stark beauty before him, and stared insanely up at the now more prominent stars. 'What do you want from me!? What!?'
//Take me out of this world. God, please...
Thistleclaw squeezed shut his eyes, hiding the from the world. Another burst of mad anger surged through his paws as he yowled out yet again. 'You have taken her from me! Taken her! You have left me here without the one thing that I love the most!' Thistleclaw's voice dropped to an angry whisper as he growled, 'Why have you abandoned me?'
//Don't take the girl. [/blockquote]
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Post by Amber on Jan 5, 2008 17:26:35 GMT -5
Aridsand scrambled up after his father. "Father! Listen to me! You're scaring me, Father!"
Opalstone followed Aridsand, eyes wider than ever.
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Post by Darketh[the not so kind] on Jan 5, 2008 17:29:34 GMT -5
Blackflame called up to Thistlethorn, though he didn't dare get any closer. "This isn't going to bring her back, or make her feel any better as she looks down at you. You need rest, she may even come to you in your dreams." He said though he highly hoped she would.
Badgerstar turned to Stormstar and sighed. "If he does sleep you may go to him. But you cannot be direct, as you know it is against our Dramclan code. You can leave him clues."
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Post by Brambles on Jan 5, 2008 17:44:52 GMT -5
//Is there anybody going to listen to my story
Thistleclaw turned away from DreamClan, staring down, maddeningly, as his son and daughter began to follow him up the spire. Thistleclaw watched for several long moments, then barked a laugh. 'You're attempts are feeble! Why do you try to mend what cannot be fixed?' The tom's voice was startlingly alien, as if it were not his own.
//All about the girl who came to stay
Amber optics flared with a mad light, as if he were entering a battle. 'Come get me! See if you can take me down! You may not, but DreamClan did!' Thistleclaw shook his head with anger, growing more frustrated. 'DreamClan, DreamClan...gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning! What more can they do to me?!' Thistleclaw slumped onto the spire, only to stand a moment later, turning away from Opalstone and Aridsand. 'I will not be played a fool!' The tom's mad ranting added, the tom disappeared over the other side of the spire.
//She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry
Loose stones tumbled down the side of the spire, which was steeper and much more treacherous than the side Thistleclaw had ascended upon. This fact did naught to halt the tom. He felt invincible, as if nothing could destroy him more than Stormstar's death. 'It's all your fault! All yours!' Thistleclaw lamented, though to who, he knew not. The tom stepped down onto a notch, only to yowl out as he broke away beneath his paws from the tom's weight. Thistleclaw was pitched forwards, sent tumbling through the air. So this is my fate. Thistleclaw's last grim though skimmed across his mind before the brown and tabby tom landed with a resounding snap. The tom's body lay broken and shattered, like that of his heart. His neck and spine were broken, sentencing him to instant death.
//Still you don't regret a single day.. [/blockquote]
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