A Desperate Hope (Anyone, I'm bored!)

[dove]

Brokendream halted, feeling satisfied that she had, at last, found Mirage Canyon. She has heard the stories of the mirages, of seeing a clanmate, lost forever, or even seeing one's death. Brokendream has evaded death for a long time now; she has no intention on being spooked by the mirages. It's a long ways away from camp, and water is even scarcer now than ever, through this drought. She came here, knowing that the prey was plentiful. 'If there's prey, why not water...' she often wondered. She would've asked her friend, Featherstorm, to come, but she has become deputy, and must take on the responsibility of the activity of the clans. 'She's so busy now, more than ever...' Brokendream thought as she made her way down the cliff, edging along the narrow precipice. 'If I die, no one would know where my body would be.'
She shook her head, dislodging such depressing thoughts from her mind. She had joined this clan out of hope, and intended to find something to replenish the clan. Her limping made the climb down even more...anticipating. Her limp, not only slowed her down, but made balance even more difficult to maintain.

At camp...
Poppyblossom always had a connection with DreamClan. She had been a medicine cat for a short time, but that never stopped the dreams; that's how she came to be, here in DuneClan. Now, as she lay in the warrior's den, escaping most heat, she dreamed of Brokendream. On how she was going down into Mirage Canyon, and how she'd never come back. Poppyblossom started muttering, "Don't go. Don't go." She started twitching, as if running to save this stranger cat.
She talked to Brokendream, but never really became friends.
In her dream, she saw Brokendream falling over a precipice, falling into a vast shallow of sharp, pointed rocks, and her blood pooling around her, and- "No!" Poppyblossom woke up, screaming for everyone to hear. She looked around franticly, looking for someone, anyone.


OOC: I'm not that demented, or depressed or anything. I just need to kill some of my cats. XP

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

{(Mind if I stop by?)}

Blackstar had followed the she cat to Mirage Canyon, a place he'd never really paid much attention to. His original intent of this, was the fact of the warrior's limp, and how she was vunerable with it. His eyes flashed momentarly as he watched her, his mind starting to fill with the thoughts he had grown accustomed too in the past few moons. He felt the strong urge to add, yet another life to the list of those he had killed. And now that he was a leader and held the nine lives of one, he had an even more feeling of being unstoppable. Though he wasn't going to just let it come out that he was the one that did it. No, he would continue to commit these crimes in secret. How would it look if a clan found out it's leader was the rouge from Fernclan, and had killed so many already? There had been Foxtail when he was just made a warrior, then Fawnstar later on, which had gotten him exiled from his birth clan. Then when he came to Duneclan, he had taken out the leader Stormstar, and now he felt the need to add Brokendream to his numbers. "Hello, Brokendream." He called out to the warrior.

[dove]

Brokendream turned and snarled. She didn't like her leader. Featherstorm thought he was so great that he was her predecessor. She would often talk about him to her; she kind of wondered if Featherstorm had something for him.
But she didn't trust him. She had a feeling, but often ignored it. Now, she listened to it. It told her to run, to flee. But she dare not go no faster, for if she did, she would fall. "What do you want?" She snarled, keeping a good distance, but knowing his advantage right now was the height difference. He was at the top, and she was right in the middle of sharp rocks and this cat of many murders.
"Shouldn't you be in you den, concerned for the clan? Letting Featherstorm do her duties, and letting the warriors care for the clan? Why are you here? Why were you following me?" She accurately accused. She fluffed out, being twice her size, ready to defend herself. "Go away, and leave me alone!"

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

Blackstar seemed suprissed at her responce but he was able to keep a calm look as he watched the she-cat. "I decided that I needed some time away from camp doing something useful for the clan. Even though I'm leader doesn't mean I can't still hunt for my clan or go on patrols." He stated as he kept up with her, moving forward when she did and keeping his eyes on her. "But might I ask, why such harshness towards your own leader?" He asked. His claws silently skid out of their sheath so not to alert the already, what seemed to be, testy femme.

[dove]

Brokendream started loping a bit faster, her gait agitated by her limp. "I don't trust you no more than the clan trusts me." They were friendly, but she doubted the clan trusted her all the way, especially with her bloody past. She skidded on a few loose pebbles, bringing her faster downward. She unsheathed her claws to keep her footing, feelign one foot go off the edge. Carefully, she edged to push herself against the wall. She turned back to her leader. "Why do you come here then? Why are you following me?" She repeated, hysteria rising.

[Amber]

(((Mind if I join as well?)))

Aridsand pelted towards his leader and his Clan-mate, yowling in warning. "You're going to fall! Step away! BACK AWAY!" The tom had hardly been seen since his parents' deaths, but now he has shown up again. "Brokendream, what's wrong?!" He reached his leader's side, looking frantically at him. "What's she doing?!"

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

{(I have a question. Is Airdsand supposed to die too? That will decide what I put in my post.)}

[Amber]

((Yeah he is I think..unless you don't want him to...))

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

{(It's up to you, I'm just asking.)}

Blackstar gave a small smirk as he watched the she-cat warrior dangling infront of him and the tom that has just come over. "Why, she's just making my job easier." He said as he jumped down to where she was, using his much practiced killing skills to land safely on the ledge that Brokendream was hanging from. "You don't trust me, and you should." He said as he looked at her. "Do you know of the cat know as Demonstorm? The one that has been exiled from Fernclan for killing Fawnstar and Foxtail?" He questioned.

[dove]

Brokendream spit in his face. "I'm guessing it's you. Can't go long without killing," She retorted. Taking a last breath, she sprang, her claws gouging Blackstar's nose. 'That'll leave a nasty scar he'll have to explain,' She thought, turning to face the murderer.

At camp...
Poppyblossom skidded into Softsky.
"What's wrong?" She asked, seeing Poppyblossom's frantic look.
"Where's Featherstorm?" She asked, still running.
Softsky kept inpace with her, feeling confused. "She's out hunting somewhere. Why?"
Poppyblossom did not answer; she caught Featherstorm's scent and raced toward it. When she reached the entrance, she crashed into the deputy of DuneClan. "Brokendream will die." She gasped.
Featherstorm looked up in alarm. Dropping a scorpion. "What? Where?" She asked.
Poppyblossom looked up. "Mirage Canyon." She breathed. The drought had taken much effect upon her, and she was dehydrated. Poppyblossom fainted.
Featherstorm took charge. "Softsky, get Opalstone. Then find another fast warrior and tell them to come to Mirage Canyon." With the last word, both she-cats went opposite ways, racing against time. 'What was she thinking?' Featherstorm thought, increduous.
Softsky entered at the medicine cat's den. "Opalstone?" She called, impatient.

[Amber]

OOC: How about Blackstar throws Aridsand down the canyon, where he thinks he has died, but he doesn't, by landing on a cliff farther up? Aridsand then runs away, not wanting to risk coming back and getting killed by the murderer? So he doesn't die, but he never spills the secret? Or, if you don't mind, he could go back to the Clan and tell it all, but some don't believe him? Its up to you.

"Yes?" Opalstone answered quickly, herbs already gathered, "I heard everything. Lets go!" She pelted off, a leaf or two falling and drifting to the ground, but she didn't have time to worry about that right now.

"That..." Aridsand trailed off, staring at Brokendream and Blackstar. "It all makes sense now!" His face twisted in such utmost fury it was almost impossible. He glared and his maw opened in a yowl of rage. "How could you?! You killed my mother! You killed her! Your leader! I see it now! How, Blackstar -- or should I say Demonstorm?" He jumped forward, tackling the bigger tom to the ground. Though his size was not comparable to the evil cat, he was reknowned throughout the Clan for his fighting skills. He scuffled a moment, rolling around, until he pinned his leader beneath one paw. Propping himself up with the other, he hissed quietly. "You..will...pay!"

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

{(How about the first one and he ends up running to Fernclan, and telling them and trying to get them to help him.)}

Blackstar glanced at the she-cat and nodded slowly. "Yes you can call me Demonstar, it is my rightful name after all." He said as he raised a paw to swipe at the warrior. But before he could he felt the younger warrior colide into him from behind. "Ah, I'd almost forgotten you were here as well." He said using his strength to thrust up and trying to get the smaller cat from on top of him. "Well now that you've figured it out I have to kill you as well." He snarled with a slight smirk.

[Amber]

(((OOC: Great idea, and Fogstar knows to add Cloudflight, Fatestep, and the others to the patrol they send to help! Also, Aridsand got special training from his mother after an accident with dogs along with his sister too, so he should equal or almost equal to Demonstar/storm...and can Demonstorm kill Sleetfall?)))

Aridsand flew off the leader, but he managed to flip over so his paws hit the ground first. He whirled around. "You may be strong, but so am I! Surrender and run, or fight to the death! he yowled, before pouncing on the black cat, tumbling to the ground. He pinned him again, but this time had both paws planted firmly on the cats chest, claws dug in deep, and his hind paws clinging to the ground. Then another cat sprung towards him, knocking him down. It was Sleetfall, his older sister. She was plumper and heavier built than him, and easily held him down. "What are you doing?!" Aridsand slipped out from beneath his sister. "Blackstar...he is Demonstorm! He killed Mother!" [/i]Without waiting for a reply he leapt towards the leader again, scratching him across his face.

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

{(Ok and if you want him to then yes he can kill Sleetfall.)}

Blackstar grunted from the attack. He had to admit that this young warrior was a worthy opponent, maybe as strong as Stormstar had been. 'But remember you defeated her and she had more than one life.' He tried to reassure himself. "Yes I did." He said and hissed at the scratch across his muzzle. Though since that seemed to be cat's favorite spot to attack him, it hardly hurt anymore. Growling he lashed out with unsheated claws at Aridsand's eyes. He knew he would be fighting more than one cat, and right now the best chance he had was confusing them. Blinding one or more of the cats would be a definite good way to do such. "Now I will kill all three of you."

[Amber]

((OOC: Hooray! Sleetfall got boring real fast))

A few drops of the beginning of rain fell on Aridsand's pelt as he tried to turn away in time, but one eye still got the full wind of the attack. Howling in pain, he rose up on two hind paws. His weight made him stumble backwards, where he teetered dangerously on the edge of the canyon wall. Then before Sleetfall could even cry out to her brother, he was gone, falling down, down, down, vanishing into the dark shadows of the overhanging rocks. By now the dark cloudy sky was raining more consistently, as if DreamClan were crying.

Sleetfall whirled on Blackstar, gaping at him. "I..I trusted you..." she murmured, eyes welling up with tears. Then suddenly, they changed. She shook her head violently, causing her tears to fall own on the ground where they could easily be mistaken for drops from the storm. The rain was pouring now, and it soaked into Sleetfall's pelt. Her head was bowed, hiding her eyes from view, but when she raised it, her face was twisted with a mad rage and her eyes littered with anger. "You have killed too many, Blackstar. You will stop now! she snarled viciously, before leaping forward for his throat.