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Post by inferidragon on Apr 18, 2008 20:20:30 GMT -5
Cometstar wrenched his gaze away from his son and looked around. There was a commotion coming from the forest, not far from the camp. Alarmed, he mewed a hurried farewell to Thunderwolf and dashed into the forest towards the disturbance.
The leader ran out into the forest and promptly crashed into the newcomer. "Oh-Excuse me!" He huffed hurriedly. Comestar took a step back and surveyed the cat carefully. "Who are you? What are you doing on ShadowClan territory?" He asked calmly. She didn't look like a kittypet, but didn't smell like a warrior. Did her apperance have something to do with Ghostkit?
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Post by wildstorm on Apr 19, 2008 9:55:51 GMT -5
Moonwind managed to catch up with the strange cat and Cometstar. "Hey", she puffed, "Your an intruder." She looked up at Cometstar. "She claims to have lost her kit, then we talked. I told her she was on Shadowclan Territory, and she knew I was a warrior. I think she is a rougue... " "She even ran from from me."Moonwind hissed.
Moonwind and Cometstar took the strange cat back to Shadowclan camp. They marched straight into the nursery. The cat looked overwhelmed with gratitude. " OH!" she meowed, "thank Starclan he is safe." Moonwind stared in disbleif. "You know Starclan?" she said shocked. The cat looked at her, and then opened it's mouth to speak. A croud of cats were surrounding the nursery den now. '"Look, " she meowed, "I was once a member of Riverclan, moons ago. I was banished after being accused of killing a cat. I went to the Twoleg place were I met a tom. We had kits. But a Twoleg took one of them and brought it away. So I found you in the woods", she said, looking at Moonwind, "and thought you would help." Moonwind looked at her, you are a rogue, she thought.
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Post by inferidragon on Apr 19, 2008 16:19:32 GMT -5
Cometstar narrowed his eyes at the rouge. "What kind of mother would let a Twoleg take her kits away?" He asked suspisciously. "Not even a rouge would let that happen."
Thunderwolf subtly swept her tail around the three kits and drew them closer to her. Crystalkit mewed in annoyance and tried to bat Ghostkit away from her and escape her mother's grasp. She shushed the kits hurriedly and looked up and Cometstar. "If she really is Ghostkit's mother we should her have him back." She mewed reluctantly. "I know what it's like to lose a kit, and I wouldn't wish that on any cat, Clan cat or rouge."
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Post by wildstorm on Apr 20, 2008 9:03:10 GMT -5
The rogue looked at her paws. "Well,", she meowed, " I would much rather let my kit become a warrior than a rogue. "We may live near kittypets, but life isn't all that simple." She looked at Moonwind, "I was hoping someone responsible would take care of him." Moonwind glared at her. "In other words", growled Moonwind, "you wanted him off your paws?" The rogue's jaw dropped. "DON"T YOU UNDERSTAND?!?" hissed the rogue furiously, "there is no safer place for a rogue than a clan, you become a kittypet, they abandon you. I wanted my kit to become a warrior, keep the family name." I must go", she purred, "please take care of Ghostkit." She licked the it goodbye and left before they could say anything else. Moonwind was still in shock, but she realized the kit was now a Shadowclan cat.
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Post by inferidragon on Apr 20, 2008 20:38:46 GMT -5
Thunderwolf licked Ghostkit protectively. This was a huge task bestowed on her. It was up to her to raise this little scrap of fur into a warrior the Clan could be proud of. Of course Ghostkit would have a hard time in the Clan; ShadowClan was still very proud and pure-blooded, though Cometstar's leadership should make life a little easier for Ghostkit.
The queen only hoped she would be able to take better care of Ghostkit than she could her own kit. Strippedkit had already been injured by a hawk a few weeks ago. Thunderwolf owed that rouge cat to take good care of her kit as long as it was in ShadowClan.
"Come on, little ones." Thunderwolf began to usher her kits back to the nursery. "It's bedtime."
"But I'm not tired!" Crystalkit complained. "I wanna chase the rouge off our territory!" Thunderwolf only shushed the little white kit and dissepeared into the nursery.
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Post by wildstorm on Apr 21, 2008 19:54:45 GMT -5
Moonwind headed back to the Warrior's den. "Hmm, that Crystalkit is spunky", she meowed, "she will make a great warrior in time. Moonwind couldn't help feeling sorry for the poor mother of Ghostkit, but it had been her choice. She wondered if someday she could take Ghostkit to meet his mother. These thoughts raced through her mind as she headed into the den.
She curled into a ball, and began to sleep. In her dream, she saw a cat approaching her. It was Rainstar, the old Shadowclan leader. "Moonwind", she began, " you have let a great warrior come into Shadowclan." Moonwind let out an excited purr. "However", boomed the voice, "there are others who do not think this is true." She knew Rainstar was reffering to her friends. "Beware" meowed Rainstar, and she dissapeared and the dream ended. It was midnight when Moonwind awoke. She was shaken by pride and fear.
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Post by inferidragon on Apr 22, 2008 20:45:23 GMT -5
Cometstar slipped silently into the warrior's den. He sometimes like to sleep in here. He was still a new leader, and being alone in that cave still kind of creeped him out. What if ghosts still lived there? The last leader (after Rainstar, I guess) had been the evil Flickerstar, and Cometstar had killed him. He settled into Thunderwolf's old nest. He usually slept there while Thunderwolf was in the nursery.
The one good eye swivled around, taking in the whole of the den. Most everyone was asleep, but Cometfire saw Moonwind sit up and look around. "Is everything alright, Moonwind?" he rumbled, careful not to wake anyone else up.
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Post by wildstorm on Apr 23, 2008 18:58:54 GMT -5
"Yes Cometstar" replied Moonwind. She bowed respectfully and curled into a ball again. She liked Cometstar, he always seemed to care about everyone. She thought about what had happened in her dream and settled back into sleep again.
When morning came, she slipped into the nursery to see Ghostkit. There he was, a tiny ball of black fur. She smiled. But how on earth could this cute little kit be a threat to other clan cats. Moonwind went out to hunt, the thought whirring in her brain. She spotted a mouse and stalked it. She heard whispering. Crouching low, she hid behind the same tree as before and listened to the voices, from other strange cats.
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Post by inferidragon on Apr 24, 2008 21:02:09 GMT -5
Dawn light filtered through the leaves of the den. The little specks of gold splashed onto Cometstar's ginger fur and he sat up sleepily. His jaws stretched in a widely huge yawn and Cometstar shook himself to wake up, then stepped blearily out into the sunlight.
Seeing that the dawn patrol had already left and Thunderwolf was safe in the nursery, Cometstar decided to go out on a morning walk. He nodded to the guard at the entrance and set out into the forest. Not long after, he scented strange cats on the territory. Dropping to a crouch he crept towards them, accidently bumping Moonwind.
"Ahg!-Moonwind?" Cometstar hissed. "What's going on? Do you know these cats?"
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Post by wildstorm on Apr 25, 2008 8:42:08 GMT -5
"No" meowed Moonwind. They were here when I came. " They are talking about something, but I can't really tell." They were interupted when one of the two cats hissed, " Intruders, they don't belong here." Moonwind stepped forward, she wanted to tll them to get lost, but they were on Twoleg territory, their home. " Hey", she fought for words, "you don't belong here, this is Shadowclan's border. Go away." The two cats looked at er and laughed. She glanced nervously at Cometstar. One of the two cats stepped forward. "You can't make us leave, we are rogues, we live wherever we wish. You are the ones who will be leaving." Sadly Wildstorm crouched, knowing they would have to fight.
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Post by inferidragon on Apr 28, 2008 15:02:22 GMT -5
One menacing step forward brought Cometfire to the very border, face to face with the rouges. "I am Comestar, leader of ShadowClan." His voice was commanding and laced with malice, very different from it's usuall melodic kindness. He didn't recognize these rouges, but it was always possible they had some connection to the cats Cometstar had driven out when he became leader.
A low growl rumbled in the throat of Cometstar. "We will ask you once more to leave. You do not belong here." He tried to force his fur to lie flat, so it wouldn't look like he wanted a fight. If possible, Cometfire would perfer to walk away without spilling any blood.
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Post by wildstorm on Apr 29, 2008 15:03:41 GMT -5
The rogues hissed in their faces. Moonwind felt angered by their carelessness to the forest cats. "You will leave" she hissed in the bigger cat's face, "or suffer the consequences." The bigger cat sprang onto her, she ripped at his fur, trying to defend herself, the smaller rogue was crawling along the round, it's ears flat against it's matted fur head. The bigger cat snarled in disgust, and scrambled off of her, Moonwind sank her claws into the small cat's face. It sreamed in pain. Dust flew everywhere, and Moonwind wasen't sure where Cometstar was. The dust parted, the rogues had gone.
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Post by inferidragon on Apr 29, 2008 21:37:05 GMT -5
The battle had started so quickly and ended so quickly that Cometstar hadn't time to react. By the time the ShadowClan leader unsheathed his claws the rouges were already gone, leaving a cloud of dust in their wake.
Cometstar sneezed and looked up at Moonwind. "That was very well handled, Moonwind." He praised her. "I don't think those rouges will show their faces around here again. But just in case, we should put extra patrols around to guard this area."
His one amber eye examined Moonwind carefully. "You're not too badly hurt, I hope? Or are you still up to helping me remark the border?"
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Post by wildstorm on Apr 30, 2008 14:22:29 GMT -5
"Sure" replied Moonwind. she was still in shock from the rogue attack, but she was okay. She wondered if the kit had anything to do with the fact that the rogues were so close to their territory. She glanced around, making sure no other cats were around. She thought for a split second that it might be some sort of a trap, the rogues were all waiting to leap out, but there were none. "Where should we start remarking?" she meowed.
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Post by inferidragon on Apr 30, 2008 21:36:20 GMT -5
"Yes." The handome tom cat flicked his tail and sniffed out the markers beneath the stench of the rouges. He began to mark every tree, bush and rock. No cat would doubt that ShadowClan ruled here.
After marking every tree twice, he turned around to face Moonwind again. "That should be good for now." Cometfire sighed. "If they come back again, we'll have to fight them in force. ShadowClan cannot afford to be invaded by rouges." He glanced back over his shoulder at the Twoleg place. His scarred and blinded left eye caught the sun and glinted dully in the reddish light of a sun-down.
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